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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 26.2.1
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 26.2.1
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 26.2.1
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent unaffected
Version Status Constraints
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https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0246 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 13 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 13 May 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
First Time appeared Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks prisma Access Agent
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:prisma_access_agent:*:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:prisma_access_agent:*:*:macos:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:prisma_access_agent:*:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:prisma_access_agent:all:*:android:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:prisma_access_agent:all:*:chromeos:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:prisma_access_agent:all:*:ios:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks prisma Access Agent
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.9, '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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-13T19:30:50.538Z

Reserved: 2025-11-03T20:44:07.240Z

Link: CVE-2026-0246

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T19:30:45.791Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-13T19:16:58.603

Modified: 2026-05-13T19:16:58.603

Link: CVE-2026-0246

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T20:30:04Z

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