CVE-2022-0029

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.002 · 12 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.22% (12th) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

An improper link resolution vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local attacker to read files on the system with elevated privileges when generating a tech support file.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · psirt@paloaltonetworks.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimary

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent5.0 → 5.0.12-hotfix updateenisa_euvdEU
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent7.5 CE → 7.5.101-CEenisa_euvdEU
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent7.7 → 7.7.3enisa_euvdEU
paloaltonetworks cortex xdr agent5.0 → 5.0.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks cortex xdr agent7.5 → 7.5.101nvdUScpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks cortex xdr agent7.7 → 7.7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-09-14modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

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