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.
CVE-2026-0278
MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.85.8—Trending — 4 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.8 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 95% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
5.8
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.8
- EG Score
- 5.8(medium)
- EPSS
- 4.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 9, 2026
Last Modified
July 11, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Jul 9, 2026No patch confirmed yet.
generic
CVE-2026-0278 Prisma Access Agent: Multiple DLP Policy Bypass Vulnerabilities on Windows
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0278Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-0278(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 7× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-11 22:15 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-11 22:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-10 21:04 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-10 21:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-09 19:51 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-09 19:50 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2026-0278?
CVE-2026-0278 is a medium vulnerability published on July 9, 2026. 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.
When was CVE-2026-0278 disclosed?
CVE-2026-0278 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 9, 2026, with the most recent update on July 11, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-0278 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-0278 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 4.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-0278?
CVE-2026-0278 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-0278?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-0278, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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