CVE-2026-0304
Cortex XDR Broker VM: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.8 Medium
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Nov 3, 2025
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM enables an authenticated low privileged user with man-in-the-middle (MitM) access to execute code with root privileges on the Broker VM.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 4.8 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber | palo_alto |
Weaknesses
- CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Cortex XDR Broker VMPalo Alto Networks |
|
References
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0304vendor-advisory
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