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Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2026 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2026-0251GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Global Protect 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 8% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ 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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App 6.3.0 – before 6.3.3-h9 (6.3.3-999)6.2.0 – before 6.2.8-h10 (6.2.8-948)6.0.0 – before 6.0.13
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App 6.3.0 – before 6.3.3-h9 (6.3.3-999)6.2.0 – before 6.2.8-h10 (6.2.8-948)6.0.0 – before 6.0.13
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App 6.3.0 – before 6.3.3-h2 (6.3.3-42)6.0.0 – before 6.0.11
Palo Alto Networks Global Protect 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

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