CVE-2025-4228

Medium

Description

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM allows an authenticated administrative user to execute certain files available within the Broker VM and escalate their privileges to root.

SeverityMedium

CVSS4.6

Exploit probability—

Product

Cortex XDR Broker VM

PublishedJun 13, 2025

First seenJun 13, 2025

Weakness typeCWE-266CWE-266

How to fix

Update

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM27.0.26 or later

Vendor advisories

security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-4228

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM	27.0.0 ≤ v < 27.0.26	27.0.26

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