CVE-2025-4228
Cortex XDR Broker VM: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.6 Medium
- Published
- Jun 12, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Reserved
- May 2, 2025
Description
An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM allows an authenticated administrative user to execute certain files available within the Broker VM and escalate their privileges to root.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 4.6 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber | palo_alto |
Weaknesses
- CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Cortex XDR Broker VMPalo Alto Networks |
|
References
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-4228vendor-advisory
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