CVE-2026-0271

HIGH

Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation by Authorized Users

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent app on Linux devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges. This does not impact Prisma Access Agent on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, or ChromeOS.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0271

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 1.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (3)
Palo Alto Networks/Prisma Access Agent < 26.2.1
Palo Alto Networks/Prisma Access Agent All
paloaltonetworks/prisma_access_agent < 26.2.1
Published Jun 10, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 11, 2026