01 Record
CVE-2026-0231
Cortex XDR Broker VM: Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: palo_alto
CNA base score5.7 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/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
02 Description
Cortex XDR Broker VM: Sensitive Information Disclosure 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.
- EPSS probability
- 0.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 5.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.7 (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:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/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
- Awaiting Analysis. 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
- 2026-03-11 18:03Z7 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-03-11 20:21Z7 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-11-03
- Assigning CNA
- palo_alto
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/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
- Weaknesses
- CWE-497Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control SphereBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 5768db57d382b6f7499b0203f75c10d6c09f124ac196238c63443c8e8c797a44
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0231
07 Remediation
This issue is fixed in Cortex XDR Broker VM 30.0.49, and all later Cortex XDR Broker VM versions. * If automatic upgrades are enabled for Broker VM, then no action is required at this time. * If automatic upgrades are not enabled for Broker VM, then we recommend that you do so to ensure that you always have the latest security patches installed in your software.