BaseFortify

Publication date: 2026-05-13

Last updated on: 2026-05-14

Assigner: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

Description

A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent® enables a locally authenticated non-administrative user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS and Linux or NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows. This allows the user to execute arbitrary code and read sensitive information otherwise accessible only to privileged accounts. The Prisma Access Agent on iOS, Android and Chrome OS are not affected.

CVSS Scores

EPSS Scores

Probability:
Percentile:

Meta Information

Published

2026-05-13

Last Modified

2026-05-14

Generated

2026-06-30

EPSS Evaluated

2026-06-28

NVD

CVE-2026-0246

Affected Vendors & Products

Currently, no data is known.

Helpful Resources

Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-862	The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

Attack-Flow Graph

AI Quick Actions have not been generated yet.

Hi! I’m here to help you understand CVE-2026-0246. Ask me anything about the vulnerability, its impact, or mitigation strategies.

0/70