CVE-2026-0246CWE-862

Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Medium · published May 13, 2026

CVSS v4.0
5.9
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent® enables a locally authenticated non-administrative user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS and Linux or NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows. This allows the user to execute arbitrary code and read sensitive information otherwise accessible only to privileged accounts.

The Prisma Access Agent on iOS, Android and Chrome OS are not affected.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
EPSS
0.00147 · 3.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-05-13T18:51Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 MAY 18:51Z
    Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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