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CVE-2025-4228: Cortex XDR Broker VM: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v4.0)
• 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: 2025-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-266

Description

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM allows an authenticated administrative user to execute certain files available within the Broker VM and escalate their privileges to root.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM: from 27.0.0 before 27.0.26 — fixed in 27.0.26

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM 27.0.26. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-4228

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