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Medium severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 10, 2026

CVE-2026-0271

CVE-2026-0271

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent on Linux allows authorized users to execute code with elevated privileges.

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A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent on Linux allows authorized users to execute code with elevated privileges.

Vulnerability

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent application on Linux devices. This issue affects versions prior to 26.2.1 on Linux. No special configuration is required for the vulnerability to be exposed [1].

Exploitation

An attacker with local access and low privileges can exploit this vulnerability by leveraging the incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource. No user interaction is required, and the attack complexity is low [1].

Impact

Successful exploitation allows a local user to execute code with elevated privileges, leading to high impact on product confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The scope of the compromise is limited to the privileges of the compromised process [1].

Mitigation

Palo Alto Networks has released version 26.2.1 of the Prisma Access Agent on Linux as a fix for this vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade to version 26.2.1 or later. No action is needed for Prisma Access Agent on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, or ChromeOS [1].

References
  1. CVE-2026-0271 Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation by Authorized Users

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Affected products

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Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.

References

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News mentions

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