CVE-2026-0231

Cortex XDR Broker VM: Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity
Medium 5.7
CVSS 4.0
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.002
6.7th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Published by the vendor
Published
Mar 11, 2026
Assigned by palo_alto

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM allows an authenticated user to obtain and modify sensitive information by triggering live terminal session via Cortex UI and modifying any configuration setting.  The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.

Weakness: CWE-497

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Endpoint / EDR cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (1)
  • Palo Alto Networks · Cortex XDR Broker VM

Credit

an internal reporter, Nicola Kalak,

Vendor remediation

This issue is fixed in Cortex XDR Broker VM 30.0.49, and all later Cortex XDR Broker VM versions. * If automatic upgrades are enabled for Broker VM, then no action is required at this time. * If automatic upgrades are not enabled for Broker VM, then we recommend that you do so to ensure that you always have the latest security patches installed in your software.