An authentication bypass vulnerability in the network driver of Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent on Windows enables a local administrator to bypass security inspection, subsequently allowing them to inject and intercept arbitrary network traffic.

The Prisma Access Agent on Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, and Chrome OS is not affected.

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Thu, 13 Aug 2026 02:45:00 +0000

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Description An authentication bypass vulnerability in the network driver of Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent on Windows enables a local administrator to bypass security inspection, subsequently allowing them to inject and intercept arbitrary network traffic. The Prisma Access Agent on Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, and Chrome OS is not affected.
Title Prisma Access Agent: Local Security Inspection Bypass Vulnerability on Windows
First Time appeared Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks prisma Access Agent
Weaknesses CWE-290
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:prisma_access_agent:*:*:*:*:*:Windows:*:*
Vendors & Products Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks prisma Access Agent
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L/E:U/AU:N/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-13T01:49:19.448Z

Reserved: 2025-11-03T20:44:49.864Z

Link: CVE-2026-0292

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-13T03:16:43.983

Modified: 2026-08-13T03:16:43.983

Link: CVE-2026-0292

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Updated: 2026-08-13T03:30:04Z

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