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Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-8690

CVE-2024-8690

Description

A problem with a detection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a user with Windows administrator privileges to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then to perform malicious activity.

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Affected products

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  • Paloaltonetworks/Cortex Xdr Agent3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9.102:*:*:*:critical_environment:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9.102:*:*:*:critical_environment:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 7.9.102-CE

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