CVE-2026-0275

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Browser allows a locally authenticated administrator with access to the macOS local filesystem to perform actions on the device with root privileges. This issue only affects Prisma® Browser on macOS.

CVSS v3 6.7 MEDIUM

6.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0275	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:prisma_browser:*:*:*:*:desktop:-:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

14 Jul 2026, 16:09

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Paloaltonetworks Apple Apple macos Paloaltonetworks prisma Browser
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 6.7
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:prisma_browser:::::desktop:-:: cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
References	~~() https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0275 -~~	() https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0275 - Vendor Advisory

09 Jul 2026, 20:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-09 20:16

Updated : 2026-07-14 16:09

NVD link : CVE-2026-0275

Mitre link : CVE-2026-0275

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-0275

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

macos

paloaltonetworks

prisma_browser

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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