CVE-2025-0119: Cortex XDR Broker VM: Authenticated Command Injection Vulnerability in Broker VM

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v4.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

A command injection vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM allows an authenticated user to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges on the host operating system running Broker VM.

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM: from 1.0.0 before 26.100.3 — fixed in 26.100.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM 26.100.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0119

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