CVE-2023-0001General(microsoft / cortex_xdr_agent)

LOWCVSS 6.7 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

An information exposure vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local system administrator to disclose the admin password for the agent in cleartext, which bad actors can then use to execute privileged cytool commands that disable or uninstall the agent.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-319

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • cortex_xdr_agent
  • windows

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Products
cortex_xdr_agentwindows

1 version affected across 2 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-03-14: 1Technical Details · 2026-03-14: 103-14
Signal classification1 categories
General
1100.0%
Full discourse1 post
  • David@davidsheyi
    General

    3/ Between 2018-2023, BEC incidents quadrupled. Notably, CVE-2023-0001 highlights vulnerabilities in email protocols that can be exploited for spoofing. #ThreatIntel #BEC

    Post summary

    The post notes a rise in BEC incidents and references CVE‑2023‑0001, indicating it involves email protocol spoofing vulnerabilities, but lacks details on PoCs, exploits, patches, or active exploitation.

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CPE platform detail2 entries

2 of 2 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
OSmicrosoftwindows---
Apppaloaltonetworkscortex_xdr_agent---

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