Log in Start free

Vulnerability · Published Aug 13, 2025 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2025-2183GlobalProtect App: Improper Certificate Validation Leads to Privilege Escalation

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity improper certificate validation in Global Protect UWP App from Palo Alto Networks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An insufficient certificate validation issue in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enables attackers to connect the GlobalProtect app to arbitrary servers. This can enable a local non-administrative operating system user or an attacker on the same subnet to install malicious root certificates on the endpoint and subsequently install malicious software signed by the malicious root certificates on that endpoint.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App 6.3.0 – before 6.3.3-h2 (6.3.3-c676)6.2.0 – before 6.2.8-h3 (6.2.8-c263)6.1.06.0.0
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App 6.3.0 – before 6.3.36.2.0 – before 11.1.106.1.06.0.0
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App see references
Palo Alto Networks Global Protect UWP App see references

Weakness: CWE-295 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/U:Amber

References