---
id: CVE-2026-0304
title: >-
  A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker
  VM enables an authenticated low privileged user with man-in-the-middle (MitM)
  access to execute code with root privileges on the Broker VM.
summary: >-
  A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker
  VM enables an authenticated low privileged user with man-in-the-middle (MitM)
  access to execute code with root privileges on the Broker VM.
severity: medium
cvss: 4.8
cvssVector: >-
  CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
cwe:
  - CWE-88
vendor: Palo Alto Networks
product: Cortex XDR Broker VM
affected:
  - cortex_xdr_broker_vm >= 20.0.96 < 32.0.52
published: '2026-09-10'
updated: '2026-09-11'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-11T04:17:06.707'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0304'
references:
  - url: 'https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0304'
    label: psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-10T00:00:00+00:00'
cvssSource: cna
ingestedAt: '2026-09-12T16:24:58.824Z'
epss: 0.00218
epssPercentile: 0.10919
---

## Overview

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM enables an authenticated low privileged user with man-in-the-middle (MitM) access to execute code with root privileges on the Broker VM.

## Remediation

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