Cortex XSOAR: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in Cortex XSOAR Engine
CVE-2022-0031
6.7MEDIUM
Key Information:
- Vendor
Palo Alto Networks
- Status
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 9 November 2022
Badges
๐พ Exploit Exists
What is CVE-2022-0031?
A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR engine software running on a Linux operating system allows a local attacker with shell access to the engine to execute programs with elevated privileges.

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Affected Version(s)
Cortex XSOAR Linux 6.9.0.0
Cortex XSOAR Linux 6.9.0.0 < 6.9.0.130766
Cortex XSOAR Linux 6.8.0.0
References
CVSS V3.1
Score:
6.7
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Timeline
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Exploit known to exist
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved
Credit
Palo Alto Networks thanks Olivier Caillault for discovering and reporting this issue.