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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD4.0 Medium

CVE-2026-0232

Cortex XDR Agent: Local Administrator can disable the agent on Windows

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
palo_alto

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent

Default version status: unaffected

  • 9.1.0 to < 5.10.14unaffected
  • 9.0unaffected
  • 8.9unaffected
  • 8.7-CEunaffected

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent

Default version status: unaffected

  • 9.0 to < 9.0.1affected
  • 8.9 to < 8.9.1affected
  • 8.7-CE to < 8.7.101-CEaffected
  • 8.3-CE to < 8.3-CE-CU-2120affected
  • 7.9-CE to < 7.9-CE-CU-2120affected

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