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CVE-2026-0271

Status: AnalyzedMedium (5.9)—

A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent app on Linux devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges.

This does not impact Prisma Access Agent on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, or ChromeOS.

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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