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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-11-03 | Published 2026-03-11 | Updated 2026-03-11 | Assigner palo_alto




MEDIUM: 4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Problem types

CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

Product status

Default status
unaffected

9.1.0 (custom)
unaffected

9.0.0 (custom)
unaffected

8.9.0 (custom)
unaffected

8.7-CE (custom) before 8.7.101-CE
affected

8.3-CE (custom) before 8.3.102-CE
affected

Timeline

2026-03-11:Initial publication.

Credits

Michael Roitzsch, Barkhausen Institut gGmbH Carsten Weinhold, Barkhausen Institut gGmbH finder

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0230 vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-0230)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-0230)

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