CVE-2026-0271 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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. This does not impact Prisma Access Agent on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, or ChromeOS.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Palo Alto Networks	Prisma Access Agent

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References

Link	Providers
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0271

History

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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. This does not impact Prisma Access Agent on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, or ChromeOS.
Title		Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation by Authorized Users
First Time appeared		Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks prisma Access Agent
Weaknesses		CWE-732
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:prisma_access_agent::::::Linux::*
Vendors & Products		Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks prisma Access Agent
References		https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0271
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

Published: 2026-06-10T20:59:51.879Z

Updated: 2026-06-10T20:59:51.879Z

Reserved: 2025-11-03T20:44:31.121Z

Link: CVE-2026-0271

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-10T22:16:54.110

Modified: 2026-06-10T22:16:54.110

Link: CVE-2026-0271

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-10T23:00:20Z

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