CVE-2022-0016

HIGH

Paloaltonetworks Globalprotect < 5.2.9 - Improper Exception Handling

Title source: rule

Description

An improper handling of exceptional conditions vulnerability exists within the Connect Before Logon feature of the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app that enables a local attacker to escalate to SYSTEM or root privileges when authenticating with Connect Before Logon under certain circumstances. This issue impacts GlobalProtect app 5.2 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.2.9 on Windows and MacOS. This issue does not affect the GlobalProtect app on other platforms.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0016

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 11.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-755 CWE-703

Status published

Affected Products (1)

paloaltonetworks/globalprotect < 5.2.9

Timeline

Published Feb 10, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026