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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-0015

CVE-2022-0015

Description

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent that enables an authenticated local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. This issue impacts: Cortex XDR agent 5.0 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12; Cortex XDR agent 6.1 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9.

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Affected products

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  • Paloaltonetworks/Cortex Xdr Agent3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.0,<5.0.12
    • (no CPE)range: <5.0.12, <6.1.9
    • (no CPE)range: 5.0

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