CVE-2026-0276

HIGH

Cortex XDR Broker VM: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM enables a locally authenticated user to perform actions as the root user.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0276

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 0.9%
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-269
Status published
Products (2)
Palo Alto Networks/Cortex XDR Broker VM 20.0.96 - 31.0.58
paloaltonetworks/cortex_xdr_broker_vm 20.0.96 - 31.0.58
Published Jul 09, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 10, 2026