Medium severity · published Sep 10, 2026
CVE-2026-0304
Cortex XDR Broker VM: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
4.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CX
Cortex XDR Broker VM · Palo Alto Networks
20.0.96 before 32.0.52 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0304
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0304
security.paloaltonetworks.com
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0304
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