Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent® enables a locally authenticated non-administrative user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS and Linux or NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows. This allows the user to execute arbitrary code and read sensitive information otherwise accessible only to privileged accounts.
The Prisma Access Agent on iOS, Android and Chrome OS are not affected.
Version Minor Version Suggested Solution
Prisma Access Agent on Linux 25.0 through 26.2 Upgrade to 26.2.1 or later.
Prisma Access Agent on macOS 24.0 through 26.2 Upgrade to 26.2.1 or later.
Prisma Access Agent on Windows 24.0 through 26.2 Upgrade to 26.2.1 or later.
Prisma Access Agent on Android No action needed
Prisma Access Agent on Chrome OS No action needed
Prisma Access Agent on iOS No action needed
Configurations
No special configuration is required.
Workarounds
No known workarounds exist for this issue.
Exploits
Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of these issues.
Credits
other
Palo Alto Networks thanks our internal security research teams for discovering and reporting this issue.