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CVE-2026-0251

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.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:3a19425a0ab55743bb83716243f286e65124c2d8263ba76c8e2cc48ed469f5e3
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 4 assertions

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Android","ChromeOS","iOS","UWP"],"product":"Global Protect App","vendor":"Palo Alto Networks","versions":[{"status":"unaffected","version":"All","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.12:*:*:*:*:Linux:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.11:*:*:*:*:Linux:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.10:*:*:*:*:Linux:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.8:*:*:*:*:Linux:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:Linux:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:Linux:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:Linux:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:Linux:*:*","cpe…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:814d09af43cc9658602535e2fdd92b6a77fbe023537d066b099a37fde3cd9d17 · sha256:632b5e9025cd694d… · /containers/cna/affected/2

{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.12:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.11:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.10:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.8:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*","cpe…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:814d09af43cc9658602535e2fdd92b6a77fbe023537d066b099a37fde3cd9d17 · sha256:632b5e9025cd694d… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Affected products and versions

4 source assertions
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Android","ChromeOS","iOS","UWP"],"product":"Global Protect App","vendor":"Palo Alto Networks","versions":[{"status":"unaffected","version":"All","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:814d09af43cc9658602535e2fdd92b6a77fbe023537d066b099a37fde3cd9d17 · sha256:632b5e9025cd694d… · /containers/cna/affected/3
{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.12:*:*:*:*:Windows:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.11:*:*:*:*:Windows:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.10:*:*:*:*:Windows:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.8:*:*:*:*:Windows:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:Windows:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:Windows:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:Windows:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:W…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:814d09af43cc9658602535e2fdd92b6a77fbe023537d066b099a37fde3cd9d17 · sha256:632b5e9025cd694d… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.12:*:*:*:*:Linux:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.11:*:*:*:*:Linux:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.10:*:*:*:*:Linux:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.8:*:*:*:*:Linux:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:Linux:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:Linux:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:Linux:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:Linux:*:*","cpe…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:814d09af43cc9658602535e2fdd92b6a77fbe023537d066b099a37fde3cd9d17 · sha256:632b5e9025cd694d… · /containers/cna/affected/2
{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.12:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.11:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.10:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.8:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*","cpe…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:814d09af43cc9658602535e2fdd92b6a77fbe023537d066b099a37fde3cd9d17 · sha256:632b5e9025cd694d… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NO","Recovery":"USER","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":5.9,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","exploitMaturity":"UNREPORTED","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"AMBER","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"DIFFUSE","vectorString":"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","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact"…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:814d09af43cc9658602535e2fdd92b6a77fbe023537d066b099a37fde3cd9d17 · sha256:632b5e9025cd694d… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-426","description":"CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:814d09af43cc9658602535e2fdd92b6a77fbe023537d066b099a37fde3cd9d17 · sha256:632b5e9025cd694d… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0251"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:814d09af43cc9658602535e2fdd92b6a77fbe023537d066b099a37fde3cd9d17 · sha256:632b5e9025cd694d… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

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