CVE-2026-0276

HIGH 7.8CVE-2026-0276 · Published 09/07/2026 · updated 25/10/2026

In short

CVE-2026-0276 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting cortex xdr broker vm (paloaltonetworks).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.14%, higher than 3.7% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 31.0.58 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
cortex xdr broker vm paloaltonetworks	`≥ 20.0.96, < 31.0.58`	`31.0.58`

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM enables a locally authenticated user to perform actions as the root user.

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0276 · Vendor Advisory

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