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01 Record

CVE-2022-0026

Cortex XDR Agent: Unintended Program Execution Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: palo_alto
CNA base score6.7 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

02 Description

Cortex XDR Agent: Unintended Program Execution Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 13.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2022-05-11 16:30Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 01:26Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-12-28
Assigning CNA
palo_alto
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.7)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-282Improper Ownership ManagementClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
458dbee02a0cb42c213c989287ff9e49e56cf7ed8895a23e61bb5d36e65b4da7

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Palo Alto NetworksCortex XDR Agent7.7.* without CU-330, 7.6.* without CU-330, 7.5 CE 7.5.* without CU-330, 7.4.* without CU-330, 6.1.* without CU-330, 7.5.* without CU-330Windows

06 References

07 Remediation

This issue is fixed in all Cortex XDR agent versions with content update 330 and later content update versions.