CVE-2026-0278

⚠️ high

Summary

Multiple protection mechanism failures in the Prisma Access Agent Data Loss Prevention (DLP) component for Windows allow a local user to bypass DLP policy enforcement controls. The Prisma Access Agent on macOS is not affected.

CVSS Score

7.8

High

EPSS Score

0.2

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2026-07-09

First Seen: 2026-07-10

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 68.5% of all 365,968 vulnerabilities in our database.

#115,144

Above average severity

Severity Percentile

🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Jul 8, 2026

🔍 Exploitation Status

None

No known exploits

⚙️ Automatable

Requires human interaction

💥 Technical Impact

Total

Complete system compromise possible

🏆 Discovered By

Daniel Cuthbert and Vladislav Ovitchinikov from Banco Santander

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2026-07-16

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:N/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:A/V:C/RE:H/U:Amber

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-693

📦 Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
paloaltonetworks	prisma_access_agent	Affected	< 26.2.1

🔗 References 1

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0278

Vendor Advisory

🔗 Related CVEs 6

CVE ID	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Summary	Published
CVE-2026-0291	🔶 medium	4.4	0.1	An improper link resolution before file access vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent on L...	2026-08-13
CVE-2026-0292	🔶 medium	6.0	0.1	An authentication bypass vulnerability in the network driver of Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent on Windows enab...	2026-08-13
CVE-2026-0293	🔶 medium	6.0	0.1	A vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent on Windows enables a local attacker with administrator privi...	2026-08-13
CVE-2026-0294	⚠️ high	7.8	0.1	A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent app on Windows and macOS devic...	2026-08-13
CVE-2026-0277	🔶 medium	5.9	0.2	An improper certificate validation vulnerability in the Prisma® Access Agent for iOS enables an attacker to perform a m...	2026-07-09
CVE-2026-0268	🔶 medium	4.4	0.1	A security control bypass vulnerability in Prisma Access Agent for Linux allows a local attacker to route network traffi...	2026-06-10

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