CVE-2023-3280: Palo Alto Networks Cortex Xdr Agent

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local user to disable the agent.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks Cortex Xdr Agent: from 5.0, up to and including 5.0.12.22203; from 7.9.0, before 7.9.3 (fixed in 7.9.3); from 7.9.0, before 7.9.101 (fixed in 7.9.101); from 8.0.0, before 8.0.2 (fixed in 8.0.2); version 7.5.102 only

Published 2023-09-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.