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High 7.8Published Jul 9, 2026
CVE-2026-0276A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM enables a locally authenticated user to perform actions as the root user.
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A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM enables a locally authenticated user to perform actions as the root user.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-269
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Undergoing Analysis
- Record last updated
- Jul 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
paloaltonetworks cortex_xdr_broker_vm paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_broker_vm | from 20.0.96 before 31.0.58 | NVD |
References
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0276vendor-advisory
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