CVE-2022-0026: palo alto networks cortex xdr agent Improper Ownership Management
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-0026 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Improper Ownership Management vulnerability in palo alto networks cortex xdr agent. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 11-05-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 17-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent software on Windows that enables an authenticated local user with file creation privilege in the Windows root directory (such as C:\) to execute a program with elevated privileges. This issue impacts all versions of Cortex XDR agent without content update 330 or a later content update version.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST6.7MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.23%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
13%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.22% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Palo alto networks1 product
- cortex xdr agent7.7.* without CU-330 | 7.6.* without CU-330 | 7.5 CE 7.5.* without CU-330 | 7.4.* without CU-330 | 6.1.* without CU-330 | 7.5.* without CU-330
Paloaltonetworks1 product
- cortex_xdr_agent6.1 | 6.1.4:hotfix | 6.1.5 | 6.1.5:hotfix | 6.1.6 | 6.1.7 | 6.1.8 | 6.1.9 | 7.4.1 | 7.4.2 | 7.4.3 | 7.4.4 | 7.5 | 7.5.1 | 7.5.2 | 7.5.3 | 7.6.1 | 7.6.2 | 7.7 | 7.7.1
2 vendors · 2 products