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Vulnerabilities/CVE-2026-0248Public Intelligence Dossier
Source: paloaltonetworks · Limited verification•Last verified: •Collection Degraded
CVE-2026-0248Unknown / EvaluatingMEDIUM (raw)CVSS 6.2CWE-295

An improper certificate validation vulnerability in the Prisma Access Agent® for Android and Chrome OS enables an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack to intercept VPN traffic

Published: 14 May 2026•Last updated: 26 Oct 2026, 07:40 PM IST•Source identifier: psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
Dossier completeness: source-provided sections 2 / 3 · rule guidance not available. Missing source facts count as incomplete.
Official source
CISA KEV catalog
Unknown
KEV status was not determined.
CVSS score
6.2MEDIUM (raw)
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/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:Y/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
Metric sourcepsirt@paloaltonetworks.com
EPSS probability
0.2%0.002
Percentile8th
Weakness type
CWE-295
No further CWE recorded
Remediation
Patch status unknown
No fixed version or KB recorded

Why It Matters

Analysis dossier

Why It Matters

An improper certificate validation vulnerability in the Prisma Access Agent® for Android and Chrome OS enables an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack to intercept VPN traffic. By presenting a certificate for any domain issued by a trusted Certificate Authority, the attacker can capture sensitive device information. The Prisma Access Agent on macOS, Windows, Linux and iOS are not affected.

SOC priority

Medium

Actively exploited (source statement)

Unknown

Publicly disclosed

Unknown

Risk basis: Microsoft or Microsoft-managed product relevance; Source severity; no confirmed exploitation signal

Affected Products & Remediation

1 source-backed product
Affected products and versions (source)
  • paloaltonetworks prisma access agent · < 26.2.1 · NVD CPE · Source
NVD applicability prerequisites: cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*. These are conditions, not proof that an environment is exposed or unaffected.
Recorded patch / KBNot provided by source

Vendor or catalog guidance (source)

Not provided by source

Known exploitation (source facts)

Only what a source states. Unknown means no source has said either way; it is not "not exploited".

CISA KEV
Unknown
Exploited (source statement)
Unknown
Publicly disclosed (source)
Unknown

Suggested hunting (rule-based inference)

SecOps Signal recommendation (rule-based inference). These steps are hunting hypotheses from the vulnerability class; they do not state or imply that exploitation occurred here or anywhere.

No rule-based guidance for this vulnerability class

CISA KEV Record

CISA KEV status was not determined for this record.

Change History & Source Data

— No recorded material change

CNA / source
psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
Record status · verification
UPDATED · NVD API
CPE
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:prisma_access_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Evidence & Provenance

2 public sources
security.paloaltonetworks.comSource recordnvd.nist.govSource record

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Detection Hunting Query
Target: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities•Defender XDR
Detect endpoints exposed to CVE-2026-0248
Purpose: Exposure assessment (Category: Exposure Check)Why linked: Query metadata names CVE-2026-0248
DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities| where CveId == "CVE-2026-0248"| project DeviceId, DeviceName, OSPlatform, OSVersion, SoftwareVendor, SoftwareName, SoftwareVersion, CveId, VulnerabilitySeverityLevel, RecommendedSecurityUpdate, RecommendedSecurityUpdateId| sort by VulnerabilitySeverityLevel desc
Schema Checked · Not runtime validatedSource: SecOps Signal deterministic template · Limited verificationStatic screening: Passed structure and schema checks; tenant execution is not verified.
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