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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Various Sources vendor-advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0230
Scores
CVSS v4
4.0
EPSS
0.0014
EPSS Percentile
3.9%
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