[NEW] [medium] Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM: Vulnerability allows privilege escalation

mediumCVE-2026-0276

A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM to escalate their privileges.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Palo Alto Networks product: Cortex XDR Broker VM Privilege escalation

What: A vulnerability allows a local attacker to escalate their privileges.
Who is affected: Local deployments of Cortex XDR Broker VM are affected.
Urgency: Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for privilege escalation.
Action: Update to the latest version to mitigate the vulnerability.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-07-10
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2252

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-02760.10% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 1% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2026-0276	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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