VDB-377305 · CVE-2026-0278 · GCVE-0-2026-0278

Palo Alto Prisma Access Agent Data Loss Prevention protection mechanism

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto Prisma Access Agent. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Data Loss Prevention. This manipulation causes protection mechanism. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-0278. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto Prisma Access Agent (unknown version). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Data Loss Prevention. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple protection mechanism failures in the Prisma Access Agent Data Loss Prevention (DLP) component for Windows allow a local user to bypass DLP policy enforcement controls. The Prisma Access Agent on macOS is not affected.

The advisory is shared at security.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-0278 since 11/03/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Palo Alto

Name

Prisma Access Agent

License

commercial

Website

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

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.3
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Protection mechanism
CWE: CWE-693
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/03/2025 CVE reserved
07/09/2026 +247 days Advisory disclosed
07/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: paloaltonetworks.com

Advisory: security.paloaltonetworks.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-0278 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-0278
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-377305

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2026 22:12
Changes: 07/09/2026 22:12 (51)
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Cache ID: 216::103