{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4228 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4228 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-4228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM, published on 12 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-4228 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-4228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM, published on 12 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4228 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4228/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4228/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-4228","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4228/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-4228","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-3gcp-58m3-9fp5"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Cortex XDR Broker VM","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"An authenticated admin can execute specific files to escalate privileges to root on the Cortex XDR Broker VM.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"palo_alto","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":4.6,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-266","name":"Incorrect Privilege Assignment"}],"description":"An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM allows an authenticated administrative user to execute certain files available within the Broker VM and escalate their privileges to root.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Cortex XDR Broker VM: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-4228","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"PAN-OS: Traffic Information Disclosure Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-4229"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"GlobalProtect App: Interception in Endpoint Traffic Policy Enforcement","id":"CVE-2025-4227"},"products":["Cortex XDR Broker VM"],"published":"2025-06-12","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-02-26","vendors":["Palo Alto Networks"]},"summary":"An authenticated admin can execute specific files to escalate privileges to root on the Cortex XDR Broker VM.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4228/"}