{"id":"CVE-2026-0294","title":"A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent app on Windows and macOS devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges","summary":"A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent app on Windows and macOS devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges. \n\nThe Prisma Access Agent on Linux, iOS, Android, an…","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-427"],"vendor":"paloaltonetworks","product":"prisma_access_agent","affected":["prisma_access_agent < 26.3"],"patched":["prisma_access_agent 26.3"],"published":"2026-08-13","updated":"2026-09-09","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-09T16:32:33.997","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0294","references":[{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0294","label":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00115,"epssPercentile":0.01727,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-09T17:16:03.063Z","slug":"CVE-2026-0294","body":"## Overview\n\nA privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent app on Windows and macOS devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges. \n\nThe Prisma Access Agent on Linux, iOS, Android, and ChromeOS is not affected.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `prisma_access_agent < 26.3`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `prisma_access_agent 26.3`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}