Medium 4.8Published Sep 10, 2026

CVE-2026-0304Cortex XDR Broker VM: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 10:23 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 4.8 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)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/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
Weakness (CWE): CWE-88
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: palo_alto
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Sep 10, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM palo_alto_networks:cortex_xdr_broker_vm (from the name)	from 20.0.96 before 32.0.52; fixed at 32.0.52	CNA record

References

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0304	vendor-advisory

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