Description
Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app allows 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.



This GlobalProtect app on iOS, Android and ChromeOS is not impacted.
Published: 2026-09-10
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000

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Description Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app allows 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. This GlobalProtect app on iOS, Android and ChromeOS is not impacted.
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:L/SI:L/SA:L/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: 2026-09-10T13:03:30.961Z

Reserved: 2025-11-03T20:45:06.164Z

Link: CVE-2026-0307

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-10T13:03:26.547Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-10T06:17:03.170

Modified: 2026-09-10T14:50:07.813

Link: CVE-2026-0307

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-10T07:30:07Z

Weaknesses