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CVE-2026-0271

A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent app on Linux devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges. This does not impact Prisma Access Agent on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, or ChromeOS.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:e5c5898250f8c1e9c14e9d1a9d96cb6a1ef8c3c450b3113c225db40647a04373
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

{"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:v2:254eeee6d1a2b52c153f037adffbc4bf3dd2a2816ba3c7d08e89c53e23ba68de · sha256:0a1f050f2fc46ccd… · /containers/cna/affected/0

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

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:254eeee6d1a2b52c153f037adffbc4bf3dd2a2816ba3c7d08e89c53e23ba68de · sha256:0a1f050f2fc46ccd… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Affected products and versions

2 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:v2:254eeee6d1a2b52c153f037adffbc4bf3dd2a2816ba3c7d08e89c53e23ba68de · sha256:0a1f050f2fc46ccd… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["macOS","Windows","iOS","Android","Chrome OS"],"product":"Prisma Access Agent","vendor":"Palo Alto Networks","versions":[{"status":"unaffected","version":"All","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:254eeee6d1a2b52c153f037adffbc4bf3dd2a2816ba3c7d08e89c53e23ba68de · sha256:0a1f050f2fc46ccd… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NO","Recovery":"AUTOMATIC","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:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityIm…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:254eeee6d1a2b52c153f037adffbc4bf3dd2a2816ba3c7d08e89c53e23ba68de · sha256:0a1f050f2fc46ccd… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-732","description":"CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:254eeee6d1a2b52c153f037adffbc4bf3dd2a2816ba3c7d08e89c53e23ba68de · sha256:0a1f050f2fc46ccd… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0271"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:254eeee6d1a2b52c153f037adffbc4bf3dd2a2816ba3c7d08e89c53e23ba68de · sha256:0a1f050f2fc46ccd… · /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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