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CVE-2026-0230

Cortex XDR Agent: Local Administrator can disable the agent on macOS

MEDIUM
4
CVSS Score
Published: March 11, 2026 at 06:02 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:10 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCortex XDR Agent

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Severity
MEDIUM4
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 macOS allows a local administrator to disable the agent. This issue could be leveraged by malware to perform malicious activity without detection.

Affected

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

Cortex XDR Agent· Palo Alto Networks
60%
8.3-CE ≤ v < 8.3.102-CE8.7-CE ≤ v < 8.7.101-CE8.3-CE8.7-CE
Affected range stops below 8.3.102-CE, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.7.101-CE, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 8.9.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9.0.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9.1.0 (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-2026-0230

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

4MEDIUMpalo_alto
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-754

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