High severity · published May 13, 2026
CVE-2026-0246
Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent® enables a locally authenticated non-administrative user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS and Linux or NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows. This allows the user to execute arbitrary code and read sensitive information otherwise accessible only to privileged accounts.
The Prisma Access Agent on iOS, Android and Chrome OS are not affected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
Prisma Access Agent · Palo Alto Networks
before 26.2.1; before 26.2.1; before 26.2.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0246
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0246
Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0246
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