CVE-2026-0299

EUVD-2026-57713
Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtectâ„¢ app enable 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, and Chrome OS is 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: 9.2%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 6.0.15
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 6.0.15
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 6.0.15
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:h10
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h10
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h11
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h11
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h12
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h12
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h2
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h2
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h3
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h3
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h4
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h4
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h5
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h5
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h6
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h6
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h7
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h7
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h8
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h8
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h9
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.2.8:h9
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:h11
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h11
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h12
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h12
paloaltonetworksglobalprotect
6.3.3:h2
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