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CVE-2026-0271: Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation by Authorized Users

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-06-10 · updated 2026-07-23
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent app on Linux devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges. This does not impact Prisma Access Agent on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, or ChromeOS.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent: before 26.2.1 — fixed in 26.2.1
• Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent: before 26.2.1 — fixed in 26.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent 26.2.1; Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent 26.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0271

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