A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. However, execution does require the local user to successfully exploit a race condition, which makes this vulnerability difficult to exploit.
CVE-2024-5907
CVSS base score
7.0 (v3.1)
Severity
HIGH
Attack vector
Local
Weakness
CWE-269
Last modified
November 3, 2026
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
paloaltonetworks cortex xdr agent
References
- security.paloaltonetworks.com Vendor Advisory
- security.paloaltonetworks.com Vendor Advisory