---
id: CVE-2026-0276
title: >-
  A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker
  VM enables a locally authenticated user to perform actions as the root user.
summary: >-
  A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker
  VM enables a locally authenticated user to perform actions as the root user.
severity: none
cwe:
  - CWE-269
published: '2026-07-09'
updated: '2026-07-11'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0276'
references:
  - url: 'https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0276'
    label: psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00144
epssPercentile: 0.04095
ingestedAt: '2026-07-11T20:15:25.677Z'
---

## Overview

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM enables a locally authenticated user to perform actions as the root user.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.