CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-0299

5.9 MEDIUM Published 2026-08-13 Modified 2026-10-23 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-08-13
Last modified
2026-10-23
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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:Amber
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-426

Description

Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enable a local user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows, and root on macOS and Linux. This enables a non-administrative user to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges. The GlobalProtect app on iOS, Android, and Chrome OS is not affected.

Affected configurations

• paloaltonetworks globalprotect (>= 6.0.0 < 6.0.15) • paloaltonetworks globalprotect (>= 6.2.0 < 6.2.8) • paloaltonetworks globalprotect (>= 6.3.0 < 6.3.3) • paloaltonetworks globalprotect 6.2.8 • paloaltonetworks globalprotect 6.3.3

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness

References