CVE-2026-0251

MEDIUM

GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Title source: cna

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0251

Scores

CVSS v4 5.9

EPSS 0.0015

EPSS Percentile 5.0%

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-426

Status published

Products (6)

Palo Alto Networks/Global Protect App All

Palo Alto Networks/GlobalProtect App 6.0.0 - 6.0.11

Palo Alto Networks/GlobalProtect App 6.0.0 - 6.0.13

Palo Alto Networks/GlobalProtect App 6.2.0 - 6.2.8-h10 (6.2.8-948)

Palo Alto Networks/GlobalProtect App 6.3.0 - 6.3.3-h2 (6.3.3-42)

Palo Alto Networks/GlobalProtect App 6.3.0 - 6.3.3-h9 (6.3.3-999)

Published May 13, 2026

Tracked Since May 14, 2026