CVE catalog
CVE-2026-0232
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
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 4
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/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:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.15% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cpe | cortex_xdr_agent | Not reported | 8.7.101 | fixed |
| Cpe | cortex_xdr_agent | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | cortex_xdr_agent | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cpe | cortex_xdr_agent | cpe | Not reported | 8.7.101 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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