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CVE-2026-0246

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.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:e99bcd429b552783d7be6b78b11623169bafd9890c720cc32dcc0297407ef7ad
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 4 assertions

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Linux"],"product":"Prisma Access Agent","vendor":"Palo Alto Networks","versions":[{"changes":[{"at":"26.2.1","status":"unaffected"}],"lessThan":"26.2.1","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ddfb97110d2094cfcd773b10b630aff8b06ddf81626abd3d30c8eff952078855 · sha256:306e94c472355a39… · /containers/cna/affected/0

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["macOS"],"product":"Prisma Access Agent","vendor":"Palo Alto Networks","versions":[{"changes":[{"at":"26.2.1","status":"unaffected"}],"lessThan":"26.2.1","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ddfb97110d2094cfcd773b10b630aff8b06ddf81626abd3d30c8eff952078855 · sha256:306e94c472355a39… · /containers/cna/affected/1

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Android","ChromeOS","iOS"],"product":"Prisma Access Agent","vendor":"Palo Alto Networks","versions":[{"status":"unaffected","version":"All","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ddfb97110d2094cfcd773b10b630aff8b06ddf81626abd3d30c8eff952078855 · sha256:306e94c472355a39… · /containers/cna/affected/3

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Windows"],"product":"Prisma Access Agent","vendor":"Palo Alto Networks","versions":[{"changes":[{"at":"26.2.1","status":"unaffected"}],"lessThan":"26.2.1","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ddfb97110d2094cfcd773b10b630aff8b06ddf81626abd3d30c8eff952078855 · sha256:306e94c472355a39… · /containers/cna/affected/2

Affected products and versions

4 source assertions
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Linux"],"product":"Prisma Access Agent","vendor":"Palo Alto Networks","versions":[{"changes":[{"at":"26.2.1","status":"unaffected"}],"lessThan":"26.2.1","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ddfb97110d2094cfcd773b10b630aff8b06ddf81626abd3d30c8eff952078855 · sha256:306e94c472355a39… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["macOS"],"product":"Prisma Access Agent","vendor":"Palo Alto Networks","versions":[{"changes":[{"at":"26.2.1","status":"unaffected"}],"lessThan":"26.2.1","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ddfb97110d2094cfcd773b10b630aff8b06ddf81626abd3d30c8eff952078855 · sha256:306e94c472355a39… · /containers/cna/affected/1
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Android","ChromeOS","iOS"],"product":"Prisma Access Agent","vendor":"Palo Alto Networks","versions":[{"status":"unaffected","version":"All","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ddfb97110d2094cfcd773b10b630aff8b06ddf81626abd3d30c8eff952078855 · sha256:306e94c472355a39… · /containers/cna/affected/3
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Windows"],"product":"Prisma Access Agent","vendor":"Palo Alto Networks","versions":[{"changes":[{"at":"26.2.1","status":"unaffected"}],"lessThan":"26.2.1","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ddfb97110d2094cfcd773b10b630aff8b06ddf81626abd3d30c8eff952078855 · sha256:306e94c472355a39… · /containers/cna/affected/2

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NO","Recovery":"USER","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":5.9,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","exploitMaturity":"UNREPORTED","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"AMBER","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"DIFFUSE","vectorString":"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","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact"…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ddfb97110d2094cfcd773b10b630aff8b06ddf81626abd3d30c8eff952078855 · sha256:306e94c472355a39… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-862","description":"CWE-862 Missing Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ddfb97110d2094cfcd773b10b630aff8b06ddf81626abd3d30c8eff952078855 · sha256:306e94c472355a39… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0246"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ddfb97110d2094cfcd773b10b630aff8b06ddf81626abd3d30c8eff952078855 · sha256:306e94c472355a39… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

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

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