Local inspection bypass via network driver spoofing
Published Aug 13, 2026 · Updated Aug 13, 2026
Authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent before 26.3 on Windows allows local users to evade security inspection. Palo Alto Networks identifies the locus as the network driver and the weakness as authentication bypass by spoofing, but has not disclosed the specific validation failure. Administrator privileges are required, and no special configuration is needed; exploitation permits arbitrary network-traffic injection and interception.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent before 26.3 on Windows allows local users to evade security inspection. Palo Alto Networks identifies the locus as the network driver and the weakness as authentication bypass by spoofing, but has not disclosed the specific validation failure. Administrator privileges are required, and no special configuration is needed; exploitation permits arbitrary network-traffic injection and interception.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-0292
- Published
- Aug 13, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 13, 2026
- Vendor
- Palo Alto Networks
- Product
- Prisma Access Agent
- Classifications
- CWE-290, CAPEC-151, T1040, T1565.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Aug 13, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 13, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <26.3 changes=[{"at":"26.3","status":"unaffected"}]
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