Palo Alto Cortex XDR Broker VM up to 27.0.25 privileges assignment

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Palo Alto Cortex XDR Broker VM up to 27.0.25. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes privileges assignment. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-4228. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Palo Alto Cortex XDR Broker VM up to 27.0.25. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges assignment vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-266. A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM allows an authenticated administrative user to execute certain files available within the Broker VM and escalate their privileges to root.

It is possible to read the advisory at security.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-4228 since 05/02/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 27.0.26 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Palo Alto

Name

• Cortex XDR Broker VM

Version

• 27.0.0
• 27.0.1
• 27.0.2
• 27.0.3
• 27.0.4
• 27.0.5
• 27.0.6
• 27.0.7
• 27.0.8
• 27.0.9
• 27.0.10
• 27.0.11
• 27.0.12
• 27.0.13
• 27.0.14
• 27.0.15
• 27.0.16
• 27.0.17
• 27.0.18
• 27.0.19
• 27.0.20
• 27.0.21
• 27.0.22
• 27.0.23
• 27.0.24
• 27.0.25

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/

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