{"id":"CVE-2026-0271","title":"A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent app on Linux devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges.\n\n\n\nThis does not impact Prisma Access Agent on Windows, macOS, iO…","summary":"A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent app on Linux devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges.\n\n\n\nThis does not impact Prisma Access Agent on Windows, macOS, iO…","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-732"],"vendor":"paloaltonetworks","product":"prisma_access_agent","affected":["prisma_access_agent < 26.2.1"],"patched":["prisma_access_agent 26.2.1"],"published":"2026-06-10","updated":"2026-07-10","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0271","references":[{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0271","label":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00109,"epssPercentile":0.01383,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-11T13:13:24.587Z","slug":"CVE-2026-0271","body":"## Overview\n\nA privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent app on Linux devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges.\n\n\n\nThis does not impact Prisma Access Agent on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, or ChromeOS.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `prisma_access_agent < 26.2.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `prisma_access_agent 26.2.1`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}