CVE-2024-9469: Palo Alto Networks Cortex Xdr Agent

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. 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 non-administrative 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: from 7.9, before 7.9.102 (fixed in 7.9.102); version 8.3.0 only; version 8.4.0 only

Published 2024-10-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.