CVE-2026-0293

MEDIUMNVD 6.06.0
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.0 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-13. NVD baseline CVSS 6.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
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 vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent on Windows enables a local attacker with administrator privileges to bypass the anti-tamper protection, enabling unauthorized access to protected processes and files.

The Prisma Access Agent on Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, and Chrome OS 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
1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

September 9, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

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

CVE-2026-0293 Prisma Access Agent: Anti-Tamper Protection Bypass on Windows

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0293

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-0293(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 14× in last 7d / 66× 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. 2026-09-19 11:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-18 08:54 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-18 08:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-17 06:57 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-17 06:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-16 05:03 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-16 05:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-15 02:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-14 00:59 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-14 00:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-12 23:05 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-12 23:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-11 20:51 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-11 20:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-11 09:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-10 18:48 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-10 18:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-09 16:53 UTCEG score recompute 0.40
  23. 2026-09-09 16:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-09 16:47 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 6
  25. 2026-09-09 05:09 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-09 05:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-07 16:39 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-07 16:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-06 07:14 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-06 07:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-05 05:20 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-05 05:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-04 03:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-03 01:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-01 23:33 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-01 23:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-01 04:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-31 21:38 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-31 21:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-30 17:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-29 15:10 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-29 15:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-28 21:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-28 10:11 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-28 10:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-27 14:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-27 07:58 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-27 07:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-26 06:03 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-26 06:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-08-25 04:06 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-08-25 04:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-24 02:12 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-08-24 02:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-08-23 00:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-21 22:21 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-08-21 22:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-20 20:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-08-19 18:32 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-08-19 18:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-08-18 15:33 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-08-18 15:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-08-17 22:03 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-17 22:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-16 20:07 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-16 20:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-08-15 18:13 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-08-15 18:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-08-14 16:19 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-08-14 16:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-08-13 14:24 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-08-13 14:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-08-13 13:55 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-08-13 13:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-08-13 03:18 UTCEG score recompute
  65. 2026-08-13 02:41 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-08-13 02:40 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-0293?
CVE-2026-0293 is a medium vulnerability published on August 13, 2026. A vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent on Windows enables a local attacker with administrator privileges to bypass the anti-tamper protection, enabling unauthorized access to protected processes and files. The Prisma Access Agent on Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, and Chrome OS is…
When was CVE-2026-0293 disclosed?
CVE-2026-0293 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database 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-2026-0293 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-0293 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 98.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-0293?
CVE-2026-0293 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-0293?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-0293, 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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