CVE-2026-0276
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Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM enables a locally authenticated user to perform actions as the root user.
Severity
LOW
CVSS score
1.1
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Undergoing Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-09 20:16:24.670000
Last modified
2026-10-25 17:10:00.197000
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"lastModified": "2026-10-25T17:10:00.197",
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