CVE-2026-0294

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.06.0
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.0 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 98% 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
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.0Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent app on Windows and macOS devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges.

The Prisma Access Agent on Linux, iOS, Android, and ChromeOS is not affected.

CVSS v3
6.0
EG Score
6.0(medium)
EG Risk
27(Track)
EG Risk 27/100SSVC: Track

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
Severity60% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 18, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 13, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

CVE-2026-0294 Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0294

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-0294(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 23× in last 7d / 26× 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. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-19 13:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-18 15:33 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-18 15:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-18 03:33 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-18 03:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-17 05:44 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-17 05:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-16 07:49 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-16 07:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-15 10:01 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-15 10:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-14 12:12 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-14 12:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-13 14:24 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-13 14:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-13 13:55 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-13 13:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-13 03:18 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-13 02:41 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-13 02:40 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-0294?
CVE-2026-0294 is a medium vulnerability published on August 13, 2026. A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent app on Windows and macOS devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges. The Prisma Access Agent on Linux, iOS, Android, and ChromeOS is not affected.
When was CVE-2026-0294 disclosed?
CVE-2026-0294 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 13, 2026, with the most recent update on August 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-0294 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-0294 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 97.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-0294?
CVE-2026-0294 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-0294?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-0294, 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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