CVE-2026-0230

MEDIUM

Palo Alto Cortex XDR macOS - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on macOS allows a local administrator to disable the agent. This issue could be leveraged by malware to perform malicious activity without detection.

Scores

CVSS v4 4.0
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 5.1%
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-754
Status published
Published Mar 11, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 12, 2026