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

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks / GlobalProtect App	affected 6.3.0 before 6.3.3-h9 (6.3.3-999); affected 6.2.0 before 6.2.8-h10 (6.2.8-948); affected 6.0.0 before 6.0.13
Palo Alto Networks / GlobalProtect App	affected 6.3.0 before 6.3.3-h9 (6.3.3-999); affected 6.2.0 before 6.2.8-h10 (6.2.8-948); affected 6.0.0 before 6.0.13
Palo Alto Networks / GlobalProtect App	affected 6.3.0 before 6.3.3-h2 (6.3.3-42); affected 6.0.0 before 6.0.11
Palo Alto Networks / Global Protect App	unaffected All

CWE

CWE-426

References

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

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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