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CVE-2022-0031: Cortex XSOAR: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in Cortex XSOAR Engine

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-11-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-345

Description

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR engine software running on a Linux operating system allows a local attacker with shell access to the engine to execute programs with elevated privileges.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR: 6.5.0-2102531, 6.5.0-2410815, 6.5.0-2583817, 6.6.0-2585049, 6.6.0-2889656, 6.6.0-3049220 (+2)
• Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR: from 6.9.0.0 before 6.9.0.130766; 6.8.0.0, 6.6.0.0, 6.5.0.0 — fixed in 6.9.0.130766

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR 6.9.0.130766. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0031
• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0031

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