An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM allows an authenticated administrative user to execute certain files available within the Broker VM and escalate their privileges to root.
CVE ID: CVE-2025-4228
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
Vendor: Palo Alto Networks
Product: Cortex XDR Broker VM
EPSS Score: 0.01% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 1.18% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-06-14 (when was this score calculated)