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Medium 4.8Published Sep 10, 2026
CVE-2026-0304Cortex XDR Broker VM: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM enables an authenticated low privileged user with man-in-the-middle (MitM) access to execute code with root privileges on the Broker VM.
- CVSS
- 4.8 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-88
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- palo_alto
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM palo_alto_networks:cortex_xdr_broker_vm (from the name) | from 20.0.96 before 32.0.52; fixed at 32.0.52 | CNA record |
References
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0304vendor-advisory
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