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CVE-2023-3282: 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: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-11-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

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

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR: before 6.10.0 — fixed in 6.10.0
• Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR: from 6.10.0 before 6.10.0.250144 — fixed in 6.10.0.250144
• Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR: from 6.10 before 6.10.0.250144 — fixed in 6.10.0.250144

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR 6.10.0; Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR 6.10.0.250144; Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR 6.10.0.250144. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-3282
• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-3282

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