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After you upgrade to a fixed version of the Cortex XDR agent, you must change the agent admin password in case it was already disclosed to users." } ], "value": "This issue is fixed in Cortex XDR agent 7.5.101-CE and all later supported Cortex XDR agent versions. (Cortex XDR agent 5.0 is not impacted.)\n\nAfter you upgrade to a fixed version of the Cortex XDR agent, you must change the agent admin password in case it was already disclosed to users." } ], "credits": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "Palo Alto Networks thanks Robert McCallum (M42D) for discovering and reporting this issue." } ], "impact": { "cvss": [ { "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 6, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "HIGH", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1" } ] } }