CVE-2026-0304

Medium

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM enables an authenticated low privileged user with man-in-the-middle (MitM) access to execute code with root privileges on the Broker VM.

SeverityMedium

CVSS4.8

Exploit probability—

Product

Cortex XDR Broker VM

PublishedSep 10, 2026

First seenSep 10, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-88CWE-88

How to fix

Update

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM32.0.52 or later

Vendor advisories

security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0304

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM	20.0.96 ≤ v < 32.0.52	32.0.52

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