CVE-2026-0232

MEDIUM

Cortex XDR Agent: Local Administrator can disable the agent on Windows

Title source: cna

Description

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

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0232

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4

EPSS 0.0015

EPSS Percentile 4.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-15

Status published

Products (14)

Palo Alto Networks/Cortex XDR Agent 7.9-CE - 7.9-CE-CU-2120

Palo Alto Networks/Cortex XDR Agent 8.3-CE - 8.3-CE-CU-2120

Palo Alto Networks/Cortex XDR Agent 8.7-CE

Palo Alto Networks/Cortex XDR Agent 8.7-CE - 8.7.101-CE

Palo Alto Networks/Cortex XDR Agent 8.9

Palo Alto Networks/Cortex XDR Agent 8.9 - 8.9.1

Palo Alto Networks/Cortex XDR Agent 9.0

Palo Alto Networks/Cortex XDR Agent 9.0 - 9.0.1

Palo Alto Networks/Cortex XDR Agent 9.1.0 - 5.10.14

paloaltonetworks/cortex_xdr_agent 7.9

... and 4 more

Published Apr 13, 2026

Tracked Since Apr 13, 2026