Is CVE-2026-0232 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-0232 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-0232?

CVE-2026-0232 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.4 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-0232?

CVE-2026-0232 has an EPSS score of 0.15% (4th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2026-0232?

Upgrade cortex xdr agent to 8.7.101 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-0232

MEDIUM

4.4

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-15

How to fix

Remediation Available

cortex xdr agentNVD

Affected:>= 8.7.0, < 8.7.101Fixed in:8.7.101CVE-2026-0232derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days

4thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 4% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

security.paloaltonetworks.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-07-07.