CVE-2022-0015

7.8 highEPSS 0.2%

High (7.8) in paloaltonetworks cortex xdr agent. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent that enables an authenticated local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. This issue impacts: Cortex XDR agent 5.0 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12; Cortex XDR agent 6.1 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 13% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-427
Published: 2022-01-12
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0015
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0015

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