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CVE-2026-0248

Status: AnalyzedMedium (6.2)—

An improper certificate validation vulnerability in the Prisma Access Agent® for Android and Chrome OS enables an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack to intercept VPN traffic. By presenting a certificate for any domain issued by a trusted Certificate Authority, the attacker can capture sensitive device information.

The Prisma Access Agent on macOS, Windows, Linux and iOS are not affected.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Paloaltonetworks — Prisma Access Agent

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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