- 8.4HighCVSS base score
- 0.18%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 93% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on enables a locally authenticated non administrative user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS and Linux or NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows. The GlobalProtect app on iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP app are not affected.
Timeline
ID reserved
By palo_alto
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Record updated
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 | High8.4 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | High8.4 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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)
- 0.18% · top 93% of all CVEs (11 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: High 8.4.
Affected products
Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect App
- affected 6.3.0 – < 6.3.3-h1 (6.3.3-c650)
- affected 6.2.0 – < 6.2.8-h2 (6.2.8-c243)
- affected 6.1.0
- affected 6.0.0
Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect App
- unaffected All
Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect UWP App
- unaffected All
Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect App
- affected 6.2.0 – < 6.2.8
- affected 6.1.0
- affected 6.0.0
What to do
Solution: Version Minor Version Suggested Solution GlobalProtect App 6.3 on macOS 6.3.0 through 6.3.3 Upgrade to 6.3.3-h1 (6.3.3-c650) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.3 on Windows 6.3.0 through 6.3.3 Upgrade to 6.3.3-h1 (6.3.3-c650) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.2 on macOS 6.2.0 through 6.2.8 Upgrade to 6.2.8-h2 (6.2.8-c243) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.2 on Windows 6.2.0 through 6.2.8 Upgrade to 6.2.8-h2 (6.2.8-c243) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.1 on macOSUpgrade to 6.2.8-h2 (6.2.8-c243) or 6.3.3-h1 (6.3.3-c650) or later.GlobalProtect App 6.1 on WindowsUpgrade to 6.2.8-h2 (6.2.8-c243) or 6.3.3-h1 (6.3.3-c650) or later.GlobalProtect App 6.0 on macOSUpgrade to 6.2.8-h2 (6.2.8-c243) or 6.3.3-h1 (6.3.3-c650) or later.GlobalProtect App 6.0 on WindowsUpgrade to 6.2.8-h2 (6.2.8-c243) or 6.3.3-h1 (6.3.3-c650) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.2 on Linux 6.2.0 through 6.2.7 Upgrade to 6.2.8 or later. GlobalProtect App 6.1 on LinuxUpgrade to 6.2.8 or later.GlobalProtect App 6.0 on LinuxUpgrade to 6.2.8 or later.GlobalProtect App on Android, Chrome OS, iOS No action needed.GlobalProtect UWP App No action needed.
Workaround: No workaround or mitigation is available.
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-2025-20879 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2025-0141)Record last updated .