CVE-2026-0232

Severity CVSS v4.0:

MEDIUM

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

13/04/2026

Last modified:

13/04/2026

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): None
Integrity (VI): None
Availability (VA): High
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None
Automatable (AU): Yes
Recovery (R): User
Value Density (V): Diffuse
Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Moderate
Provider Urgency (U): Amber
Exploit Maturity (E): Unreported

Base Score 4.0

4.00

Severity 4.0

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0232