High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2026· Updated Sep 9, 2026
CVE-2026-0294
CVE-2026-0294
Description
A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent app on Windows and macOS devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges.
The Prisma Access Agent on Linux, iOS, Android, and ChromeOS is not affected.
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References
1- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0294nvdVendor Advisory
News mentions
1- Palo Alto Networks Patches 11 New Vulnerabilities Across PAN-OS, GlobalProtect, and Prisma AccessCyber Security News · Aug 12, 2026