CVE-2022-0029

Cortex XDR Agent: Improper Link Resolution Vulnerability When Generating a Tech Support File

State: Published
Severity: 5.5 Medium
Published: Sep 14, 2022
Updated: Jun 4, 2025
Reserved: Dec 28, 2021

Description

An improper link resolution vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local attacker to read files on the system with elevated privileges when generating a tech support file.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	palo_alto

Weaknesses

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Cortex XDR AgentPalo Alto Networks	7.7 to before 7.7.3Affected 7.5 CE to before 7.5.101-CEAffected 5.0 to before 5.0.12-hotfix updateAffected
Cortex XDR AgentPalo Alto Networks	7.8 allNot affected 7.7.3 to before 7.7Not affected 7.5.101-CE to before 7.5 CENot affected 5.0.12-hotfix update to before 5.0*Not affected

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0029

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