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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0246	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:prisma_access_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

History

14 Jul 2026, 16:06

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:prisma_access_agent::::::::
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.8
First Time		Apple macos Linux Paloaltonetworks Paloaltonetworks prisma Access Agent Apple Linux linux Kernel Microsoft windows Microsoft
References	~~() https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0246 -~~	() https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0246 - Vendor Advisory

13 May 2026, 19:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-13 19:16

Updated : 2026-07-14 16:06

NVD link : CVE-2026-0246

Mitre link : CVE-2026-0246

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-0246

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows

apple

macos

paloaltonetworks

prisma_access_agent

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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