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CVE-2023-0001: Cortex XDR Agent: Cleartext Exposure of Agent Admin Password

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-02-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-319

Description

An information exposure vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local system administrator to disclose the admin password for the agent in cleartext, which bad actors can then use to execute privileged cytool commands that disable or uninstall the agent.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent: from 7.5 before 7.5.101 — fixed in 7.5.101
• Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent: from 7.5 before 7.5.101-CE — fixed in 7.5.101-CE

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent 7.5.101; Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent 7.5.101-CE. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0001
• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0001

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