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CVE-2026-0232

A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows allows a local Windows administrator to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to perform malicious activity without detection.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:4cb37db10ed498073440668ab4acaa14c1469dafc886ec6457fe7762fa2ef6d0
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 2 assertions

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  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:89c4f02a1eecc7b6c38cd2be322092401d47dce1e64233f881b4ecaadf4299e6 · sha256:680f920e6ca85c4a… · /containers/cna/affected/1

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Cortex XDR Agent","vendor":"Palo Alto Networks","versions":[{"changes":[{"at":"5.10.14","status":"unaffected"}],"lessThan":"5.10.14","status":"unaffected","version":"9.1.0","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"9.0","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"8.9","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"8.7-CE","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:89c4f02a1eecc7b6c38cd2be322092401d47dce1e64233f881b4ecaadf4299e6 · sha256:680f920e6ca85c4a… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Affected products and versions

2 source assertions
{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:cortex_xdr_agent:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:Windows:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.9.0:*:*:*:*:Windows:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.7-CE:*:*:*:*:Windows:*:*"],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Windows"],"product":"Cortex XDR Agent","vendor":"Palo Alto Networks","versions":[{"changes":[{"at":"9.0.1","status":"unaffected"}],"lessThan":"9.0.1","status":"affected","version":"9.0","versionType":"custom"},{"changes":[{"at":"8.9.1","status":"unaffected"}],"lessThan":"8.9.1","status":"affected","version":"8.9","versionT…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:89c4f02a1eecc7b6c38cd2be322092401d47dce1e64233f881b4ecaadf4299e6 · sha256:680f920e6ca85c4a… · /containers/cna/affected/1
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Cortex XDR Agent","vendor":"Palo Alto Networks","versions":[{"changes":[{"at":"5.10.14","status":"unaffected"}],"lessThan":"5.10.14","status":"unaffected","version":"9.1.0","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"9.0","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"8.9","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"8.7-CE","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:89c4f02a1eecc7b6c38cd2be322092401d47dce1e64233f881b4ecaadf4299e6 · sha256:680f920e6ca85c4a… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"Automatable":"YES","Recovery":"USER","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","exploitMaturity":"UNREPORTED","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","providerUrgency":"AMBER","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"DIFFUSE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact"…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:89c4f02a1eecc7b6c38cd2be322092401d47dce1e64233f881b4ecaadf4299e6 · sha256:680f920e6ca85c4a… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-15","description":"CWE-15: External Control of System or Configuration Setting","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:89c4f02a1eecc7b6c38cd2be322092401d47dce1e64233f881b4ecaadf4299e6 · sha256:680f920e6ca85c4a… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0232"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:89c4f02a1eecc7b6c38cd2be322092401d47dce1e64233f881b4ecaadf4299e6 · sha256:680f920e6ca85c4a… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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