CVE-2026-0294

High

Description

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

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.8

Exploit probability—

Product

Paloaltonetworks Prisma Access Agent

PublishedAug 13, 2026

First seenAug 13, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-427CWE-427

How to fix

Update

paloaltonetworks prisma_access_agent26.3 or later

Vendor advisories

security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0294

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
paloaltonetworks prisma_access_agent	v < 26.3	26.3

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