CVE-2026-0232 — External Control of System or Configuration Setting in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent

CWE-15 — External Control of System or Configuration Setting5 documents5 sources

Severity

4.0MEDIUMNVD

EPSS

0.0%

top 97.88%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent Paloalto Cortex XDR Agent

Timeline

PublishedApr 13

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.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5palo_alto_networks/cortex_xdr_agent9.0 — 9.0.1+4

▶Palo Altopaloalto/cortex_xdr_agent

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-hvx7-jqjg-r7r7: 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↗2026-04-13

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CVEList

Cortex XDR Agent: Local Administrator can disable the agent on Windows↗2026-04-13

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VulDB

Palo Alto Cortex XDR Agent up to 5.10.13/8.8/8.9.0/9.0.0 on Windows external control of setting (EUVD-2026-21895 / WID-SEC-2026-1019)↗2026-04-13

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📋Vendor Advisories

Palo Alto

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

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