CVE-2022-0015: Palo Alto Networks Cortex Xdr Agent

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent that enables an authenticated local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. This issue impacts: Cortex XDR agent 5.0 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12; Cortex XDR agent 6.1 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks Cortex Xdr Agent: from 5.0, before 5.0.12 (fixed in 5.0.12); from 6.1, before 6.1.9 (fixed in 6.1.9)

Published 2022-01-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.