CVE-2026-0271

June 10, 2026, 10:16 p.m.

5.9
Medium

Description

A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent app on Linux devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges. This does not impact Prisma Access Agent on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, or ChromeOS.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Paloaltonetworks
  • Prisma Access Agent
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-732
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a paloaltonetworks prisma_access_agent / / / / / linux / /

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0271

Tags

CWE-732
[email protected]
2026-06-10
CVE-2026-0271

CVSS Score

5.9 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • Exploit Maturity: UNREPORTED

    • 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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

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Timeline

Published: June 10, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
Last Modified: June 10, 2026, 10:16 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

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Source

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