CVE-2026-0294CWE-427

CVE-2026-0294

High · published August 13, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00115 · 1.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-427 · Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Published
2026-08-13T07:16Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
paloaltonetworks/prisma_access_agent< 26.326.3
References (1)
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0294 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 AUG 01:54Z
    Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation
    cvelistv5