CVE-2026-0248

Severity CVSS v4.0:

MEDIUM

Type:

CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

Publication date:

13/05/2026

Last modified:

14/05/2026

Description

An improper certificate validation vulnerability in the Prisma Access Agent® for Android and Chrome OS enables an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack to intercept VPN traffic. By presenting a certificate for any domain issued by a trusted Certificate Authority, the attacker can capture sensitive device information.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The Prisma Access Agent on macOS, Windows, Linux and iOS are not affected.

Impact

Vector 4.0

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

Base Score: 6.20 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/AU:Y/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

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

Base Score 4.0

6.20

Severity 4.0

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0248