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Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published May 11, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-0025

CVE-2022-0025

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 the Cortex XDR agent when upgrading to Cortex XDR agent 7.7.0 on Windows; Cortex XDR agent 7.7.0 without content update 500 or a later version on Windows. This issue does not impact other platforms or other versions of the Cortex XDR agent.

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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: >=7.7.0,<7.7.1.62043
    • (no CPE)range: All versions of the Cortex XDR agent when upgrading to Cortex XDR agent 7.7.0 on Windows; Cortex XDR agent 7.7.0 without content update 500 or a later version on Windows
    • (no CPE)range: 7.7.* with CU-500

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