CVE-2026-0291

MEDIUMNVD 4.44.4—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 4.4 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-08-13. NVD baseline CVSS 4.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
4.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.1%CVSS: 4.4Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

An improper link resolution before file access vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent on Linux platforms that enables a local low privileged user to delete system files in a limited scope and disable Prisma Access Agent.

The Prisma Access Agent on macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, and Chrome OS is not affected.

CVSS v3
4.4
EG Score
4.4MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
20
EG Risk 20/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity44% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.1%
EPSS %ILE
1st
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

September 9, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 9, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

CVE-2026-0291 Prisma Access Agent: Authenticated Limited File Deletion on Linux

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0291

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-0291(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 10× in last 7d / 56× 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.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 22:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-03 19:54 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-03 19:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-02 08:07 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-02 08:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-30 21:51 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-30 21:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-28 10:49 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-28 10:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-27 09:50 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-27 09:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-25 06:34 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-25 06:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-24 05:50 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-24 05:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-23 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-23 05:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-22 04:22 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-22 04:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-21 03:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-20 02:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-19 01:52 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-19 01:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-18 01:02 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-18 01:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-17 00:15 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-17 00:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-15 21:56 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-15 21:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-14 20:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-13 19:54 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-13 19:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-12 19:09 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-12 19:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-12 15:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-11 18:22 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-11 18:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-11 09:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-10 17:37 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-10 17:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-09 16:53 UTCEG score recompute▲ 3.30
  25. 2026-09-09 16:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-09 16:47 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 4.4 · severity → MEDIUM
  27. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-09-06 12:20 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-09-06 12:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-09-03 08:53 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-09-03 08:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-02 14:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-09-01 04:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-08-31 05:23 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-08-31 05:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-30 01:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-08-28 21:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-08-28 01:55 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-08-28 01:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-08-27 14:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-08-24 22:28 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-08-24 22:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-08-21 19:01 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-21 19:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-08-18 15:33 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-08-18 15:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-08-16 17:51 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-08-16 17:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  62. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-08-13 14:24 UTCEG score recompute
  64. 2026-08-13 14:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-08-13 13:55 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-08-13 13:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-08-13 03:18 UTCEG score recompute
  68. 2026-08-13 02:41 UTCEG score recompute
  69. 2026-08-13 02:40 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-0291?
CVE-2026-0291 is a medium vulnerability published on August 13, 2026. An improper link resolution before file access vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent on Linux platforms that enables a local low privileged user to delete system files in a limited scope and disable Prisma Access Agent. The Prisma Access Agent on macOS, Windows, iOS,…
When was CVE-2026-0291 disclosed?
CVE-2026-0291 was first published on August 13, 2026, with the most recent update on September 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-0291 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-0291 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (1st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-0291?
CVE-2026-0291 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-0291?
No fix for CVE-2026-0291 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-0291 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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