CVE-2024-8690: Palo Alto Networks Cortex Xdr Agent

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A problem with a detection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a user with Windows administrator privileges to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then to perform malicious activity.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks Cortex Xdr Agent: version 7.9.102 only

Published 2024-09-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.