{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-0232 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-0232 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-0232 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent, published on 13 Apr 2026. 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-2026-0232 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-0232 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent, published on 13 Apr 2026. 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-2026-0232 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent. 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-2026-0232/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0232/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-0232","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0232/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-0232","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-hvx7-jqjg-r7r7"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Endpoint security agent","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"A local Windows administrator can bypass protection mechanisms to disable the Cortex XDR agent, allowing malware to operate undetected.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"security_feature_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"palo_alto","cpe":[{"product":"cortex_xdr_agent","vendor":"paloaltonetworks"}],"cvss":{"score":4,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-15","name":"External Control of System or Configuration Setting"}],"description":"A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows allows a local Windows administrator to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to perform malicious activity without detection.","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 Agent: Local Administrator can disable the agent on Windows","id":"CVE-2026-0232","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"security_feature_bypass","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Autonomous Digital Experience Manager: Improper validation of ADEM certificate","id":"CVE-2026-0233"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cortex XDR Broker VM: Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2026-0231"},"products":["Cortex XDR Agent"],"published":"2026-04-13","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Cortex XDR Agent: An Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2022-0015","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-01-12"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Cortex XDR Agent: Improper Control of User-Controlled File Leads to Local Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2021-3042","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-07-15"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Cortex XDR Agent: Improper control of user-controlled file leads to local privilege escalation","id":"CVE-2021-3041","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-06-10"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Cortex XDR Agent: Improper control of loaded DLL leads to local privilege escalation","id":"CVE-2020-2049","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-12-09"},{"cvss_score":6.8,"headline":"Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the Agent","id":"CVE-2024-5909","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-06-12"},{"cvss_score":6.7,"headline":"Cortex XDR Agent: An Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2022-0025","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-05-11"},{"cvss_score":6.7,"headline":"Cortex XDR Agent: Unintended Program Execution Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2022-0026","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-05-11"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"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":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-13","vendors":["Palo Alto Networks"]},"summary":"A local Windows administrator can bypass protection mechanisms to disable the Cortex XDR agent, allowing malware to operate undetected.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0232/"}