Vulnerability · Published Jun 10, 2026 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2026-0270Cortex XSOAR: Path Traversal Vulnerability

Medium 4.8

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in Cortex XSOAR 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 10% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)4.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A path traversal vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR engine software running on Linux allows an unauthenticated attacker on an adjacent network, with the ability to intercept and manipulate network response traffic via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack, to write arbitrary files to the host.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XSOAR	8.13 – before 8.13.0.11
Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XSOAR	8.12.08.11.08.10.0

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0270 vendor-advisory
CVE-2007-4559: Python tarfile module path traversal related, third-party-advisory