6.0Medium
Paloaltonetworks Prisma Access Agent
CVE-2026-0293
A vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent on Windows enables a local attacker with administrator privileges to bypass the anti-tamper protection, enabling unauthorized access to protected processes and files. The Prisma Access Agent on Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, and Chrome OS is not affected.
What this means for your business
- It affects Paloaltonetworks Prisma Access Agent. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, with an administrator login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Paloaltonetworks Prisma Access Agent, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 6.0 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N- CVSS v4
- 5.6
- Weakness
- CWE-693
- Assigned by
- psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-08-13
- Last modified
- 2026-09-09
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Paloaltonetworks Prisma Access Agent- 26.3
- Microsoft Windowsall versions
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.