Vulnerability · Published Mar 12, 2025 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2025-0117GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-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). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)7.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

A reliance on untrusted input for a security decision in the GlobalProtect app on Windows devices potentially enables a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. GlobalProtect App on macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP App are not affected.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect App	6.3.0 – before 6.3.36.2.0 – before 6.2.66.1.0 – before 10.2.146.0.0 – before 10.1.14-h11
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect App	see references
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect UWP App	see references

Weakness: CWE-807 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0117 vendor-advisory