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CVE-2025-0121: palo alto networks cortex xdr agent NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 6.8v4.0MediumDeferred
Published 11-04-2025Last modified 11-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-0121 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in palo alto networks cortex xdr agent. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 11-04-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.17% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.17%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Palo alto networks1 product
  • cortex xdr agent≥ 8.6.0, < 8.6.1 | ≥ 8.5.0, < 8.5.2 | ≥ 8.3-CE, < 8.3.101-CE HF | ≥ 7.9-CE, < 7.9.103-CE HF

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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