CVE-2022-0015

HIGH

Paloaltonetworks Cortex Xdr Agent < 5.0.12 - Uncontrolled Search Path

Title source: rule

Description

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent that enables an authenticated local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. This issue impacts: Cortex XDR agent 5.0 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12; Cortex XDR agent 6.1 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0015

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 15.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-427

Status published

Affected Products (1)

paloaltonetworks/cortex_xdr_agent < 5.0.12

Timeline

Published Jan 12, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026