CVE-2026-0246 (GCVE-0-2026-0246)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-13 18:51 – Updated: 2026-05-13 19:30
VLAI?
Title
Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Summary
A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent® enables a locally authenticated non-administrative user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS and Linux or NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows. This allows the user to execute arbitrary code and read sensitive information otherwise accessible only to privileged accounts. The Prisma Access Agent on iOS, Android and Chrome OS are not affected.
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public ?
2026-05-13 16:00
Credits
Palo Alto Networks thanks our internal security research teams for discovering and reporting this issue.
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