Prisma Access Agent: Improper Certificate Validation Vulnerability_CVE-2026-0248

6.2 / 10

MEDIUM

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/AU:Y/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Description

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-0248

Source palo_alto

Published May 13, 2026 at 19:05

Modified May 13, 2026 at 19:29

Affected Product

Vendor Palo Alto Networks

Product Prisma Access Agent

Affected Versions Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent 0

CWE Classification

CWE-295

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com /CVE-2026-0248

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