CVE-2026-0233 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A certificate validation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Autonomous Digital Experience Manager on Windows allows an unauthenticated attacker with adjacent network access to execute arbitrary code with NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges.

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Palo Alto Networks	Autonomous Digital Experience Manager

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.spirityenterprise.com/virtual-ciso
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0233

History

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A certificate validation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Autonomous Digital Experience Manager on Windows allows an unauthenticated attacker with adjacent network access to execute arbitrary code with NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges.
Title		Autonomous Digital Experience Manager: Improper validation of ADEM certificate
First Time appeared		Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks autonomous Digital Experience Manager
Weaknesses		CWE-295
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:autonomous_digital_experience_manager::::::Windows::*
Vendors & Products		Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks autonomous Digital Experience Manager
References		https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0233
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Green'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

Published: 2026-04-13T07:17:34.585Z

Updated: 2026-04-13T07:17:34.585Z

Reserved: 2025-11-03T20:43:54.324Z

Link: CVE-2026-0233

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-13T08:16:22.150

Modified: 2026-04-13T08:16:22.150

Link: CVE-2026-0233

Redhat

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