Description
Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enable 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, and Chrome OS is not affected.
Published: 2026-08-13
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Thu, 13 Aug 2026 02:45:00 +0000

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Description Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enable 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, and Chrome OS is not affected.
Title GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
First Time appeared Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks globalprotect App
Weaknesses CWE-426
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Vendors & Products Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks globalprotect App
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.9, '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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Palo Alto Networks Globalprotect App
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-13T13:21:02.891Z

Reserved: 2025-11-03T20:44:57.175Z

Link: CVE-2026-0299

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T13:20:57.834Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-13T03:16:45.793

Modified: 2026-08-13T14:16:52.930

Link: CVE-2026-0299

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T05:15:03Z

Weaknesses