CVE-2026-0271

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Palo Alto NetworksPrisma Access Agent0 < 26.2.1affected
Palo Alto NetworksPrisma Access AgentAllunaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-732: CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Workarounds

No known workarounds exist for this issue.

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References