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CVE-2022-0015

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2022-01-12 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent that enables an authenticated local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. This issue impacts: Cortex XDR agent 5.0 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12; Cortex XDR agent 6.1 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9.

Affected Platforms

Paloaltonetworks Cortex Xdr Agent

Weakness Type

CWE-427, CWE-427

References