CVE-2026-0268
Prisma Access Agent: Local Authenticated VPN Enforcement Bypass on Linux
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- palo_alto
Description
A security control bypass vulnerability in Prisma Access Agent for Linux allows a local attacker to route network traffic outside the VPN tunnel. This does not impact Prisma Access Agent on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, or ChromeOS.
Timeline
ID reserved
By palo_alto
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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) | 4.0 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.10% · top 99% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
Affected products
Palo Alto Networks · Prisma Access Agent
- affected < 26.2.1
Palo Alto Networks · Prisma Access Agent
- unaffected All
What to do
Solution: VERSION MINOR VERSION SUGGESTED SOLUTION Prisma Access Agent on Linux 25.7 through 26.2.0 Upgrade to 26.2.1 or later. Prisma Access Agent All on Windows No action needed. Prisma Access Agent All on macOS No action needed. Prisma Access Agent All on iOS No action needed. Prisma Access Agent All on Android No action needed. Prisma Access Agent All on Chrome OS No action needed.
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)
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-2026-0268)Record last updated .