🛡️ CVE-2026-0268 — prisma-access-agent

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-0268 is classified as CWE-424: Improper Protection of Alternate Path. The product does not sufficiently protect all possible paths that a user can take to access restricted functionality or resources.

Affected software

CVE-2026-0268 is recorded against 1 package.

• prisma-access-agent (from 25.7 up to 26.2.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 10 June 2026 and last revised on 23 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com

Other advisories for this package

prisma-access-agent has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-0278 (7.8 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-0277 (5.9 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-0271 (7.8 High, published 10 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-0246 (7.8 High, published 13 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-0245 (5.5 Medium, published 13 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-0248 (5.9 Medium, published 13 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-0247 (7.8 High, published 13 May 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-424: Improper Protection of Alternate Path) in other software:

• CVE-2026-58428 (6.5 Medium, published 13 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-66756 (9.8 Critical, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-54423 (8.2 High, published 10 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-0237 (7.8 High, published 13 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-4913 (5.7 Medium, published 14 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-4270 (5.5 Medium, published 16 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2025-68939 (8.0 High, published 3 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2025-4617 (published 14 Nov 2025)

Details

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