CVE-2026-0270

MEDIUM

Cortex XSOAR: Path Traversal Vulnerability

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

A path traversal vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR engine software running on Linux allows an unauthenticated attacker on an adjacent network, with the ability to intercept and manipulate network response traffic via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack, to write arbitrary files to the host.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Related, Third Party Advisory related third-party-advisory
CVE-2007-4559: Python tarfile module path traversal
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4559
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0270

Scores

CVSS v4 4.8
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.0%
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (7)
Palo Alto Networks/Cortex XSOAR 6.12.0
Palo Alto Networks/Cortex XSOAR 6.13.0
Palo Alto Networks/Cortex XSOAR 6.14.0
Palo Alto Networks/Cortex XSOAR 8.10.0
Palo Alto Networks/Cortex XSOAR 8.11.0
Palo Alto Networks/Cortex XSOAR 8.12.0
Palo Alto Networks/Cortex XSOAR 8.13 - 8.13.0.11
Published Jun 10, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 11, 2026