CVE-2026-0246
⚠️ highSummary
A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent® enables a locally authenticated non-administrative user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS and Linux or NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows. This allows the user to execute arbitrary code and read sensitive information otherwise accessible only to privileged accounts. The Prisma Access Agent on iOS, Android and Chrome OS are not affected.
CVSS Score
7.8
High
EPSS Score
0.2
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2026-05-13
First Seen: 2026-05-17
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence
This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 68.5% of all 364,858 vulnerabilities in our database.
#114,934
Above average severity
Severity Percentile
🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: May 13, 2026
🔍 Exploitation Status
None
No known exploits
⚙️ Automatable
NO
Requires human interaction
💥 Technical Impact
Total
Complete system compromise possible
🏆 Discovered By
Palo Alto Networks thanks our internal security research teams for discovering and reporting this issue. (other)
SSVC data provided by
CISA
Last Modified
2026-07-14
Source
NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Vector 4.0
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:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
CWE IDs (Weakness Types)