Vulnerability · Published Aug 13, 2026 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2026-0299GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in GlobalProtect 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 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect App	6.3.0 – before 6.3.3-h156.2.06.0.0 – before 6.0.15
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect App	6.3.0 – before 6.3.3-h146.2.0 – before 6.2.8-h136.0.0 – before 6.0.15
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect App	see references

Weakness: CWE-426 · Vector: 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/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0299 vendor-advisory