CVE-2026-0251GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
- 5.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.18%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 92% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app allow 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, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP app are not affected.
Timeline
ID reserved
By palo_alto
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 | Medium5.9 | 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/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | Medium5.9 | 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 |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.18% · top 92% 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 5.9.
Affected products
Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect App
- affected 6.3.0 – < 6.3.3-h9 (6.3.3-999)
- affected 6.2.0 – < 6.2.8-h10 (6.2.8-948)
- affected 6.0.0 – < 6.0.13
Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect App
- affected 6.3.0 – < 6.3.3-h9 (6.3.3-999)
- affected 6.2.0 – < 6.2.8-h10 (6.2.8-948)
- affected 6.0.0 – < 6.0.13
Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect App
- affected 6.3.0 – < 6.3.3-h2 (6.3.3-42)
- affected 6.0.0 – < 6.0.11
Palo Alto Networks · Global Protect App
- unaffected All
What to do
Solution: VERSION MINOR VERSION SUGGESTED SOLUTION GlobalProtect App 6.0 on Windows 6.0.0 through 6.0.12 Upgrade to 6.0.13 or later. GlobalProtect App 6.2 on Windows 6.2.0 through 6.2.8-h9 Upgrade to 6.2.8-h10 (6.2.8-948) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.3 on Windows 6.3.0 through 6.3.3-h8 Upgrade to 6.3.3-h9 (6.3.3-999) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.0 on macOS 6.0.0 through 6.0.12 Upgrade to 6.0.13 or later. GlobalProtect App 6.2 on macOS 6.2.0 through 6.2.8-h9 Upgrade to 6.2.8-h10 (6.2.8-948) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.3 on macOS 6.3.0 through 6.3.3-h8 Upgrade to 6.3.3-h9 (6.3.3-999) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.0 on Linux 6.0.0 through 6.0.10 Upgrade to 6.0.11 or later GlobalProtect App 6.2 on Linux 6.2.0 through 6.2.9 Upgrade to 6.3.3-h2 (6.3.3-42) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.3 on Linux 6.3.0 through 6.3.3-h1 Upgrade to 6.3.3-h2 (6.3.3-42) or later. GlobalProtect App on Android No action needed. GlobalProtect App on Chrome OS No action needed. GlobalProtect App on iOS No action needed. GlobalProtect App on UWP No action needed.
Workaround: No known workarounds exist for this issue.
Exploitation: Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of these issues.
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-2026-30102 (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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