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Status published
Medium
CVE-2023-0002
Cortex XDR Agent: Product Disruption by Local Windows User
Vulnerability Description
A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local user to execute privileged cytool commands that disable or uninstall the agent.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Palo Alto Networks thanks Fernando Romero de la Morena and Robert McCallum (M42D) for discovering and reporting this issue.
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
Cortex XDR agent
Vulnerable Versions:
7.9 All, 7.8 All, 7.5, 5.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 8th, 2023
Last Modified:
March 25th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H