Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM up to 32.0.51 privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM up to 32.0.51. It has been rated as very critical. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-0304. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM up to 32.0.51. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM enables an authenticated low privileged user with man-in-the-middle (MitM) access to execute code with root privileges on the Broker VM.

The advisory is shared at security.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-0304 since 11/03/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/10/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 32.0.52 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Palo Alto Networks

Name

• Cortex XDR Broker VM

Version

• 32.0.0
• 32.0.1
• 32.0.2
• 32.0.3
• 32.0.4
• 32.0.5
• 32.0.6
• 32.0.7
• 32.0.8
• 32.0.9
• 32.0.10
• 32.0.11
• 32.0.12
• 32.0.13
• 32.0.14
• 32.0.15
• 32.0.16
• 32.0.17
• 32.0.18
• 32.0.19
• 32.0.20
• 32.0.21
• 32.0.22
• 32.0.23
• 32.0.24
• 32.0.25
• 32.0.26
• 32.0.27
• 32.0.28
• 32.0.29
• 32.0.30
• 32.0.31
• 32.0.32
• 32.0.33
• 32.0.34
• 32.0.35
• 32.0.36
• 32.0.37
• 32.0.38
• 32.0.39
• 32.0.40
• 32.0.41
• 32.0.42
• 32.0.43
• 32.0.44
• 32.0.45
• 32.0.46
• 32.0.47
• 32.0.48
• 32.0.49
• 32.0.50
• 32.0.51

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