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CVE-2025-4228

Cortex XDR Broker VM: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

MEDIUM
4.6
CVSS Score
Published: June 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:32 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCortex XDR Broker VM

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Severity
MEDIUM4.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM allows an authenticated administrative user to execute certain files available within the Broker VM and escalate their privileges to root.

Affected

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

Cortex XDR Broker VM· Palo Alto Networks
60%
27.0.0 ≤ v < 27.0.2627.0.0
Affected range stops below 27.0.26, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

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-2025-4228

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

4.6MEDIUMpalo_alto
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-266

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