CVE-2026-0271: Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent app on Linux devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges. This does not impact Prisma Access Agent on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, or ChromeOS.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent: before 26.2.1 (fixed in 26.2.1)

Published 2026-06-10. Last modified 2026-07-23.