CVE-2026-0294
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Description
A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent app on Windows and macOS devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges. The Prisma Access Agent on Linux, iOS, Android, and ChromeOS is not affected.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.0
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-13 03:16:44.323000
Last modified
2026-10-23 19:10:00.167000
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