Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2026 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2026-0246Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in Prisma Access Agent from Palo Alto Networks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent® enables a locally authenticated non-administrative user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS and Linux or NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows. This allows the user to execute arbitrary code and read sensitive information otherwise accessible only to privileged accounts. The Prisma Access Agent on iOS, Android and Chrome OS are not affected.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	Prisma Access Agent	0 – before 26.2.1
Palo Alto Networks	Prisma Access Agent	0 – before 26.2.1
Palo Alto Networks	Prisma Access Agent	0 – before 26.2.1
Palo Alto Networks	Prisma Access Agent	see references

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0246 vendor-advisory