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CVE-2024-5905

Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disrupt Functionality of the Agent

MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS Score
Published: June 12, 2024 at 04:20 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCortex XDR Agent

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Severity
MEDIUM4.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
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 low privileged Windows user to disrupt some functionality of the agent. However, they are not able to disrupt Cortex XDR agent protection mechanisms using this vulnerability.

Affected

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

Cortex XDR Agent· Palo Alto Networks
95%
7.9-CE ≤ v < 7.9.102-CE7.9.0 ≤ v < 7.9.1028.1 ≤ v < 8.1.28.1.0 ≤ v < 8.1.28.2 ≤ v < 8.2.18.2.0 ≤ v < 8.2.17.9-CE8.1.08.2.0
Affected range stops below 7.9.102, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.9.102-CE, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 8.3.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8.4.0 (unaffected)

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-2024-5905

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

4.4MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-346NVD-CWE-noinfo

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