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CVE-2026-0271

32
FAUCET Score

A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent app on Linux devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges. This does not impact Prisma Access Agent on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, or ChromeOS.

First published: Jun 10, 2026Last modified: Jun 10, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 26.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:prisma_access_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0, < 26.2.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:prisma_access_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
UNREPORTED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
1.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0011 is in the 6th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

paloaltovendor investigatingvia vendor_rss
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

paloaltopaloalto:security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0271MEDIUM

CVE-2026-0271 Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation by Authorized Users (Severity: MEDIUM)

Jun 10, 2026

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com / CVE-2026-0271
Vendor Advisory