CVE-2026-0294

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Oct 23, 2026

Description

A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent app on Windows and macOS devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges.

The Prisma Access Agent on Linux, iOS, Android, and ChromeOS is not affected.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-427

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
Palo Alto NetworksPrisma Access Agent< 26.3
Palo Alto NetworksPrisma Access Agent—

References

Timeline

Published
Aug 13, 2026
Last modified
Oct 23, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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CVE-2026-0294: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix