Vulnerability · Published Mar 11, 2026 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2026-0231Cortex XDR Broker VM: Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Medium 5.7

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Cortex XDR Broker VM 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 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.7Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An information disclosure vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM allows an authenticated user to obtain and modify sensitive information by triggering live terminal session via Cortex UI and modifying any configuration setting. The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Broker VM	30.0.0 – before 30.0.49

Weakness: CWE-497 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/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-2026-0231 vendor-advisory