CVE-2026-0271

MEDIUM

Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation by Authorized Users

Title source: cna

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 v4 5.9

EPSS 0.0011

EPSS Percentile 1.4%

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/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:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-732

Status published

Products (2)

Palo Alto Networks/Prisma Access Agent < 26.2.1

Palo Alto Networks/Prisma Access Agent All

Published Jun 10, 2026

Tracked Since Jun 11, 2026