CVE•Published 2026-04-13•Modified 2026-07-07•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-0232Paloaltonetworks · Cortex_xdr_agent

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

4.4

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 94% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-15External Control of System or Configuration Setting

Description

A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows allows a local Windows administrator to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to perform malicious activity without detection.

Timeline

Published 2026-04-13

Modified 2026-07-07

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common). Live host counts are a Premium feature.

Shodan · vuln tag

vuln:CVE-2026-0232

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Paloaltonetworks Cortex Xdr Agent"

All exposed Paloaltonetworks Cortex Xdr Agent instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Cortex Xdr Agent"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Cortex Xdr Agent" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-0232