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CVE-2026-0246· NVD / CVE Program· CNA palo_alto

Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent® enables a locally authenticated non-administrative user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS and Linux or NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows. This allows the user to execute arbitrary code and read sensitive information otherwise accessible only to privileged accounts. The Prisma Access Agent on iOS, Android and Chrome OS are not affected.

MediumCVSS 5.9 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 13, 2026
Updated
Jul 14, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 3th percentile
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Action score

23

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
23 / 40 · 5.9 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · palo_alto
5.9
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
paloaltonetworksprisma access agent
applemacos
linuxlinux kernel
microsoftwindows

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • paloaltonetworks prisma access agentbefore 26.2.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (palo_alto). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent

    • Allnot affected
    • before 26.2.1affectedfixed in 26.2.1
    • before 26.2.1affectedfixed in 26.2.1
    • before 26.2.1affectedfixed in 26.2.1

Same product

paloaltonetworks: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-0294Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2026-0248Prisma Access Agent: Improper Certificate Validation Vulnerability
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2026-0278Prisma Access Agent: Multiple DLP Policy Bypass Vulnerabilities on Windows
    23Monitor
  • CVE-2026-0247Prisma Access Agent Endpoint DLP: Authorization Bypass Vulnerabilities
    23Monitor
  • CVE-2026-0293Prisma Access Agent: Anti-Tamper Protection Bypass on Windows
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2026-0277Prisma Access Agent: Improper Certificate Validation on iOS
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent26.2.1Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

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Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

  • CVE-2026-02470 days apartPrisma Access Agent Endpoint DLP: Authorization Bypass Vulnerabilities
    23Monitor
  • CVE-2026-029291 days apartPrisma Access Agent: Local Security Inspection Bypass Vulnerability on Windows
    8Monitor

Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-862 · Missing Authorization

CVSS vector

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:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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