Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR up to 8.12.0 on Linux path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR up to 8.12.0 on Linux and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-0270. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR up to 8.12.0 on Linux. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A path traversal vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR engine software running on Linux allows an unauthenticated attacker on an adjacent network, with the ability to intercept and manipulate network response traffic via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack, to write arbitrary files to the host.

The weakness was disclosed with Palo Alto. The advisory is available at security.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-0270 since 11/03/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 6.12.0, 6.13.0, 6.14.0 or 8.13.0.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Palo Alto

Name

• Cortex XSOAR

Version

• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3
• 6.4
• 6.5
• 6.6
• 6.7
• 6.8
• 6.9
• 6.10
• 6.11
• 6.12
• 6.13
• 8.0
• 8.1
• 8.2
• 8.3
• 8.4
• 8.5
• 8.6
• 8.7
• 8.8
• 8.9
• 8.10
• 8.10.0
• 8.11
• 8.11.0
• 8.12.0

License

• commercial

Website

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

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