CVE-2026-0251

EUVD-2026-30102
Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtectâ„¢ 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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 4.93%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 6.0.11
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 6.0.13
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 6.0.13
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.0 ≤
𝑥
< 6.2.8
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.0 ≤
𝑥
< 6.2.8
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.0 ≤
𝑥
< 6.3.3
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.0 ≤
𝑥
< 6.3.3
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.0 ≤
𝑥
< 6.3.3
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h1
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h7
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h7
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h1
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h1
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h1
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h2
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h2
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h3
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h3
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h4
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h4
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h6
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h6
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h7
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h7
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h8
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h8
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h9
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h9
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions