CVE-2024-5907
highA privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with elevated…
Vendor / product: Paloaltonetworks — cortex xdr agent
A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. However, execution does require the local user to successfully exploit a race condition, which makes this vulnerability difficult to exploit.
CVSS
7.0
7.0 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2024-06-12 17:15
Modified: 2026-11-03 22:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 22:24 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
paloaltonetworks / cortex_xdr_agent ≥7.9 <7.9.102, ≥8.1 <8.2.3, ≥8.3 <8.3.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
CWE-269 NVD-CWE-noinfo
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5907
Vendor advisory: https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5907
References
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5907 psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5907 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 22:24 UTC · record ↗