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CVE-2023-3282

Cortex XSOAR: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in Cortex XSOAR Engine

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: November 8, 2023 at 05:22 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:13 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCortex XSOAR· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR engine software running on a Linux operating system enables a local attacker to execute programs with elevated privileges if the attacker has shell access to the engine.

Affected

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

Cortex XSOAR· Palo Alto Networks
95%
v < 6.10.06.10 ≤ v < 6.10.0.2501446.106.10.0
Affected range stops below 6.10.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.10.0.250144, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8 (unaffected)
linux-linux-kernel (environment)

Runs on — not affected

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

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-3282

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

6.7MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732

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