PT-2025-16002 · Palo Alto Networks · Palo Alto Networks Cortex Xdr Agent

Adcisseckilled · Published 2025-04-10 · Updated 2025-04-11 · CVE-2025-0121

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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:Amber

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent (affected versions not specified)

Description: A null pointer dereference issue in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices allows a low-privileged local Windows user to crash the agent. Additionally, malware can exploit this issue to perform malicious activities without being detected by Cortex XDR.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-09213

CVE-2025-0121

Affected Products

Palo Alto Networks Cortex Xdr Agent

References · 8

• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0121 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-09213 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0121 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1910536469254406382 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1910556903958012105 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/22695 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/118789 · Telegram Post
• https://reddit.com/r/paloaltonetworks/comments/1jw09bo/new_palo_alto_networks_security_advisories_for · Reddit Post