Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-0234

Paloaltonetworks Cortex Xsiam 1.5.0 – 1.5.52

Published
13 April 2026
Modified
07 July 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v4 7.2
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/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:Red
EPSS Score 0.0023 14th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-0234 is a high-severity Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature (CWE-347) vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Cortex Xsiam. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Code Signing (T1553.002); ranked at the 14th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-13 (Cryptographic Protection) and SC-8 (Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An improper verification of cryptographic signature vulnerability exists in Cortex XSOAR and Cortex XSIAM platforms during integration of Microsoft Teams that enables an unauthenticated user to access and modify protected resources.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1553.002 Code Signing Defense Impairment
Adversaries may create, acquire, or steal code signing materials to sign their malware or tools.
Why these techniques?

Improper cryptographic signature verification (CWE-347) directly enables code signing bypass during integration.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2020-2021Same vendor: Paloaltonetworks
CVE-2026-48758Shared CWE-347
CVE-2026-3338Shared CWE-347
CVE-2026-49834Shared CWE-347
CVE-2026-40941Shared CWE-347
CVE-2026-11348Shared CWE-347
CVE-2026-52754Shared CWE-347
CVE-2026-6331Shared CWE-347
CVE-2026-9779Shared CWE-347
CVE-2025-64787Shared CWE-347

Affected Assets

paloaltonetworks
cortex xsiam
1.5.0 — 1.5.52
paloaltonetworks
cortex xsoar
1.5.0 — 1.5.52

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SC-8 Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity
  • SC-13 Cryptographic Protection
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)
  • SI-7 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity
Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 14 hardening rules · 5 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Enforces cryptographic integrity and confidentiality on all network transmissions, directly blocking the signature-verification bypass that allows unauthenticated modification of protected resources.

prevent

Mandates the use of validated cryptographic modules for signature verification, eliminating the flawed Microsoft Teams integration path described in the CVE.

detect

Requires integrity checks on software, firmware, and information, enabling detection of unauthorized changes introduced through the signature-verification flaw.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.DS-01 mostly match
prevents

Digital signatures are explicitly cited to protect integrity of data-at-rest, so proper verification directly mitigates the weakness.

PR.DS-02 mostly match
prevents

Digital signatures are explicitly cited to protect integrity of data-in-transit, so proper verification directly mitigates the weakness.

ID.RA-09 partial match
prevents

Requires assessing authenticity and integrity of acquired assets, which commonly relies on signature verification but is limited to pre-acquisition.

PR.PS-06 partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices include code signing and signature verification requirements, addressing the weakness during development.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Establishing approved cryptographic solutions and usage practices lowers the probability that signature-verification steps will be omitted or incorrectly implemented.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that reduce the attack surface for weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Derived transitively via CVE→CWE→STIG over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only).

Oracle Linux 8 (2 rules)
  • V-248574 YUM must be configured to prevent the installation of patches, service packs, device drivers, or OL 8 system components that have not been digitally signed using a certificate that is recognized and approved by the organization. via CWE-347
  • V-248575 OL 8 must prevent the installation of software, patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components of local packages without verification they have been digitally signed using a certificate that is issued by a Certificate Authority (CA) that is recognized and approved by the organization. via CWE-347
Oracle Linux 9 (2 rules)
  • V-271523 OL 9 must check the GPG signature of locally installed software packages before installation. via CWE-347
  • V-271525 OL 9 must have GPG signature verification enabled for all software repositories. via CWE-347
RHEL 8 (1 rule)
  • V-230264 RHEL 8 must prevent the installation of software, patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components from a repository without verification they have been digitally signed using a certificate that is issued by a Certificate Authority (CA) that is recognized and approved by the organization. via CWE-347
RHEL 9 (1 rule)
  • V-257822 RHEL 9 must have GPG signature verification enabled for all software repositories. via CWE-347

References