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Status published
Medium
CVE-2025-4228
Cortex XDR Broker VM: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
Vulnerability Description
An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM allows an authenticated administrative user to execute certain files available within the Broker VM and escalate their privileges to root.
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:
- This issue was discovered during an internal penetration test
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
Cortex XDR Broker VM
Vulnerable Versions:
27.0.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 12th, 2025
Last Modified:
February 26th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026