CVE-2026-0246Medium
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A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent® enables a locally authenticated non-ad…
CVSS
5.9
Medium
EPSS
0.00
p4
Published
2026-01-01
Updated
2026-01-01
Description
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.
Tags · CWE
CWE-862
CWE-862ClassIncomplete
Missing Authorization
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html →Open in CWE collection →CAPEC-665
CAPEC-665DetailedStable
Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws
https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/665.html →Open in CAPEC collection →
CVSS vector
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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
Timeline
2026-01-01
Published
2026-01-01
Updated
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
Attack Vector
AV: L
Local (L)
Attack Complexity
AC: L
Low (L)
Attack Requirements
AT: N
None
Privileges Required
PR: L
Low (L)
User Interaction
UI: N
None (N)
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
VC: H
High (H)
Vulnerable System Integrity
VI: H
High (H)
Vulnerable System Availability
VA: H
High (H)
Subsequent System Confidentiality
SC: N
None (N)
Subsequent System Integrity
SI: N
None (N)
Subsequent System Availability
SA: N
None (N)
Exploit Code Maturity
E: U
Unreported
Confidentiality Requirement
CR: X
Not Defined
Integrity Requirement
IR: X
Not Defined
Availability Requirement
AR: X
Not Defined
Modified Attack Vector
MAV: X
Not Defined
Modified Attack Complexity
MAC: X
Not Defined
Modified Attack Requirements
MAT: X
Not Defined
Modified Privileges Required
MPR: X
Not Defined
Modified User Interaction
MUI: X
Not Defined
Modified Vulnerable System Confidentiality
MVC: X
Not Defined
Modified Vulnerable System Integrity
MVI: X
Not Defined
Modified Vulnerable System Availability
MVA: X
Not Defined
Modified Subsequent System Confidentiality
MSC: X
Not Defined
Modified Subsequent System Integrity
MSI: X
Not Defined
Modified Subsequent System Availability
MSA: X
Not Defined
s
S: X
X
au
AU: N
N
r
R: U
U
v
V: D
D
re
RE: M
M
u
U: Amber
Amber
Exploit indicators
EPSS
0.001 · p4
Known exploited (KEV)
No
MITRE ATT&CK
Inferred via CAPEC
└ via CAPEC-665 · CWE-862
└ via CAPEC-665 · CWE-862
└ via CAPEC-665 · CWE-862
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