Medium 5.2Published May 13, 2026

CVE-2026-0250GlobalProtect App: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability during connection to Portal or Gateway

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 29, 2026, 1:10 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app that enables a man in the middle attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. This vulnerability is triggered during the processing of requests and responses exchanged between Portal and Gateway. The GlobalProtect app on iOS is not affected.

CVSS: 5.2 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/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
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: palo_alto
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 13, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app (from the name)	from 6.3.0 before 6.3.3-h9 (6.3.3-999); fixed at 6.3.3-h9 (6.3.3-999); from 6.2.0 before 6.2.8-h10 (6.2.8-948); fixed at 6.2.8-h10 (6.2.8-948)	CNA record
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect UWP App palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_uwp_app (from the name)	from 6.3 before 6.3.3-h10; fixed at 6.3.3-h10	CNA record
paloaltonetworks globalprotect paloaltonetworks:globalprotect	from 6.0.0 before 6.0.12; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.13; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.13; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.15; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.15; from 6.1.0 before 6.1.14; from 6.1.0 before 6.1.14; from 6.2.0 before 6.2.8; and 30 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0250	vendor-advisory

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