Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2026-0315GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability on macOS

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 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enables a local user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS. This enables a non-administrative user to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges. The GlobalProtect app on Linux, Windows, iOS, Android and Chrome OS is not affected by this vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect App	6.2.0 – before 6.2.8-h156.3.0 – before 6.3.3-h16
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

PAN-OS Security Advisory vendor-advisory