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Palo Alto NetworksCVE-2026-0304

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM: privilege escalation

Medium4.8CVE-2026-0304 · Published Sep 10, 2026 · updated Sep 11, 2026

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM enables an authenticated low privileged user with man-in-the-middle (MitM) access to execute code with root privileges on the Broker VM.

Palo Alto Networks advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Cortex XDR Broker VM
Product
>= 20.0.96, < 32.0.5232.0.52
Details and references
CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/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
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-88

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