Description
A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent app on Windows and macOS devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges.

The Prisma Access Agent on Linux, iOS, Android, and ChromeOS is not affected.
Published: 2026-08-13
Score: 6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 13 Aug 2026 02:45:00 +0000

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Description A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent app on Windows and macOS devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges. The Prisma Access Agent on Linux, iOS, Android, and ChromeOS is not affected.
Title Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation
First Time appeared Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks prisma Access Agent
Weaknesses CWE-427
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:prisma_access_agent:*:*:macos:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:prisma_access_agent:*:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:prisma_access_agent:all:*:android:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:prisma_access_agent:all:*:chrome_os:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:prisma_access_agent:all:*:ios:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:prisma_access_agent:all:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks prisma Access Agent
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber'}


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Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-13T13:29:18.678Z

Reserved: 2025-11-03T20:44:52.281Z

Link: CVE-2026-0294

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T13:29:13.887Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-13T03:16:44.323

Modified: 2026-08-13T14:16:49.200

Link: CVE-2026-0294

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T04:15:02Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-427

    Uncontrolled Search Path Element