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CVE-2026-0293: Prisma Access Agent: Anti-Tamper Protection Bypass on Windows

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 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: 2026-08-13 · updated 2026-10-23
• Weakness: CWE-693

Description

A vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent on Windows enables a local attacker with administrator privileges to bypass the anti-tamper protection, enabling unauthorized access to protected processes and files. The Prisma Access Agent on Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, and Chrome OS is not affected.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent: before 26.3 — fixed in 26.3
• Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent: before 26.3 — fixed in 26.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent 26.3; Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent 26.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0293

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