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CVE-2025-0121

Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Crash the Agent

MEDIUM
6.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 11, 2025 at 01:45 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCortex XDR Agent

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Severity
MEDIUM6.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR agent on Windows devices allows a low-privileged local Windows user to crash the agent. Additionally, malware can use this vulnerability to perform malicious activity without Cortex XDR being able to detect it.

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 < 7.9.103-CE HF8.3-CE ≤ v < 8.3.101-CE HF8.5.0 ≤ v < 8.5.28.6.0 ≤ v < 8.6.17.9-CE7.9.101-CE7.9.102-CE8.3-CE8.5.08.5.18.6.0
Affected range stops below 7.9.103-CE HF, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.3.101-CE HF, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.5.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.6.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 8.7.0 (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-2025-0121

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

6.8MEDIUMpalo_alto
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-476

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