CVE-2024-5909

mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.41% (34th) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a low privileged local Windows user to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then to perform malicious activity.

cvss

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

6.8

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:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v4.06.8mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Ambersecondary · ENISA EU

v4.06.8mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Ambersecondary · psirt@paloaltonetworks.com

v4.05.4mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Ambersecondary · 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-269USprimaryCWE-269US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

ig-labs/EDR-ALPC-Block-POCBlocking Windows EDR agents by registering an own IPC-object in the Object Manager’s namespace (CVE-2023-3280, CVE-2024-5909, CVE-2024-20671)PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent7.9-CE → 7.9.102-CEenisa_euvdEU
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent8.1.0 → 8.1.2enisa_euvdEU
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent8.2.0 → 8.2.1enisa_euvdEU
Palo Alto Networks Inc. Cortex XDR Agent7.9-CE → 7.9.102-CEfstec_bduRU
Palo Alto Networks Inc. Cortex XDR Agent8.1 → 8.1.2fstec_bduRU
Palo Alto Networks Inc. Cortex XDR Agent8.2 → 8.2.1fstec_bduRU
paloaltonetworks cortex xdr agent7.9 → 7.9.102nvdUScpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks cortex xdr agent8.1 → 8.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks cortex xdr agent8.2 → 8.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-06-12modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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