CVE-2025-0134: Cortex XDR Broker VM: Authenticated Code Injection Vulnerability in Broker VM

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v4.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

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

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM: from 26.0.0 before 26.0.119 — fixed in 26.0.119

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM 26.0.119. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0134

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