CVE-2022-0015
Cortex XDR Agent: An Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- palo_alto
Description
A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent that enables an authenticated local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. This issue impacts: Cortex XDR agent 5.0 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12; Cortex XDR agent 6.1 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9.
Timeline
ID reserved
By palo_alto
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| palo_altoCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Palo Alto Networks · Cortex XDR Agent
- unaffected 7.2.*
- unaffected 7.3.*
- unaffected 7.4.*
- unaffected 7.5.*
- unaffected 7.6.*
- affected 5.0 – < 5.0.12
- affected 6.1 – < 6.1.9
What to do
Solution: This issue is fixed in Cortex XDR agent 5.0.12, Cortex XDR agent 6.1.9, and all later Cortex XDR agent versions.
Workaround: There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Exploitation: Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.
References (1)
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0015 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-0015)Record last updated .