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CVE-2026-0232

4.0 medium SSVC exploitation: none Analyzed

A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows allows a local Windows administrator to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to perform malicious activity without detection.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 4.0 · paloaltonetworksNVD modified 2026-10-26 21:10

Affected (CPE criteria) 5

  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:critical_environment:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9:*:*:*:critical_environment:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.3:*:*:*:critical_environment:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.9.0:-:*:*:-:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:9.0.0:-:*:*:-:*:*:*

References 1