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01 Record

CVE-2025-4228

Cortex XDR Broker VM: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: palo_alto
CNA base score4.6 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

02 Description

Cortex XDR Broker VM: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
SSVC decision
  • ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
  • AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
  • Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.
EPSS probability
0.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 8.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
4.6 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
NVD analysis status
Deferred. 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
2025-06-12 23:41Z1 YR AGO
Last updated
2026-02-26 17:50Z8 MO AGO
Reserved
2025-05-02
Assigning CNA
palo_alto
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 4.6)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
Weaknesses
  • CWE-266Incorrect Privilege AssignmentBase
Data version
5.2
Document digest
5d9d4abac44e3bd30e295e6a9cec427136a55e247597ee5b9aaf7918adb635e5

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Palo Alto NetworksCortex XDR Broker VM27.0.0 to < 27.0.26—

06 References

07 Remediation

This issue is fixed in Cortex XDR Broker VM 27.0.26, and all later Cortex XDR Broker VM versions. * If you enabled automatic upgrades for Broker VM, then no action is required at this time. * If you did not enable automatic upgrades, then we recommend that you do so for Broker VM to ensure that you always have the latest security patches installed in your software.