CVE-2023-0002

Cortex XDR Agent: Product Disruption by Local Windows User

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: February 8, 2023 at 05:21 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:24 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorCortex XDR Agent· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local user to execute privileged cytool commands that disable or uninstall the agent.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Cortex XDR Agent · Palo Alto Networks

95%

5.0 ≤ v < 5.0.12.222037.5 ≤ v ≤ 7.5.1017.5 ≤ v < 7.5.101-CE5.0 7.5

Affected range stops below 5.0.12.22203, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.5.101-CE, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Vendor states this is fixed in 7.8 All (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 7.9 All (unaffected)

microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Windows · Microsoft

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0002

References (1)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0002

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-693NVD-CWE-Other

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