CVE-2025-0118GlobalProtect App: Execution of Unsafe ActiveX Control Vulnerability
- 6.0MediumCVSS base score
- 0.46%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 60% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a remote attacker to run ActiveX controls within the context of an authenticated Windows user. This enables the attacker to run commands as if they are a legitimate authenticated user. However, to exploit this vulnerability, the authenticated user must navigate to a malicious page during the GlobalProtect SAML login process on a Windows device. This issue does not apply to the GlobalProtect app on other (non-Windows) platforms.
Timeline
ID reserved
By palo_alto
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| palo_altoCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium6.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | Medium6.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/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 |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 60% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Affected products
Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect App
- unaffected 6.3.0 – < 6.3.3
- affected 6.2.0 – < 6.2.5
- affected 6.1.0 – < 6.1.6
- affected 6.0.0 – < 6.0.11
Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect App
- unaffected All – < 6.3.3
Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect UWP App
- unaffected All
What to do
Solution: The issue is addressed by hardening the browser embedded in GlobalProtect app to disallow ActiveX plugins. This security enhancement is implemented in patched versions of the GlobalProtect app, so upgrading resolves the issue. Version Suggested Solution GlobalProtect App 6.3 on Windows Upgrade to 6.3.3 or later GlobalProtect App 6.2 on Windows Upgrade to 6.2.5 or later GlobalProtect App 6.1 on WindowsUpgrade to 6.1.6 or later GlobalProtect App 6.0 on Windows Upgrade to 6.0.11 or later GlobalProtect App on macOSNo action neededGlobalProtect App on LinuxNo action neededGlobalProtect App on iOSNo action neededGlobalProtect App on AndroidNo action neededGlobalProtect UWP AppNo action needed
Workaround: You can mitigate this issue by using a different form of authentication for the GlobalProtect portal such as Client Certificate Authentication, RADIUS, TACACS+, LDAP, or Kerberos. You can find information about configuring authentication for the GlobalProtect portal in this documentation https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/11-1/pan-os-web-interface-help/globalprotect/network-globalprotect-portals/globalprotect-portals-authentication-configuration-tab .
Exploitation: Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.
References
References1
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-7352 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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