CVE-2025-4228 json
Cortex XDR Broker VM: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
published 2025-06-12 16 mo ago modified 2026-11-03 5 d ago also EUVD-2025-18225
- cvss
- 4.6
- version 4.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM allows an authenticated administrative user to execute certain files available within the Broker VM and escalate their privileges to root.
Patch / fix
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM 27.0.26
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 16 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 4.6 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber |
| CNA | 4.0 | 4.6 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber |
Affected products
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
References
-
security.paloaltonetworks.com
/CVE-2025-4228
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-4228
- NVD CVE-2025-4228
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