Description
A vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent on Windows enables a local attacker with administrator privileges to bypass the anti-tamper protection, enabling unauthorized access to protected processes and files. The Prisma Access Agent on Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, and Chrome OS is not affected.
Affected products
paloaltonetworks: prisma access agent; microsoft: windows
References1
- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0293 Vendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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6.0
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 4.0
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5.6
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:X/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 5 · as of 12 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-693
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