Medium 5.9Published May 13, 2026

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

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 10:40 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 5.9 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)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
Weakness (CWE): CWE-426
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 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); from 6.0.0 before 6.0.13; fixed at 6.0.13	CNA record
Palo Alto Networks Global Protect App palo_alto_networks:global_protect_app (from the name)	all versions not affected	CNA record
paloaltonetworks globalprotect paloaltonetworks:globalprotect	from 6.0.0 before 6.0.11; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.13; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.13; from 6.2.0 before 6.2.8; from 6.2.0 before 6.2.8; from 6.3.0 before 6.3.3; from 6.3.0 before 6.3.3; from 6.3.0 before 6.3.3; and 25 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0251	vendor-advisory

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