Local Privilege Escalation in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App
CVE-2026-0299

5.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks
Status
Globalprotect App
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 August 2026

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

What is CVE-2026-0299?

The GlobalProtect app from Palo Alto Networks is susceptible to local privilege escalation vulnerabilities, allowing a local user to gain elevated privileges, effectively giving them the ability to execute commands with administrative rights on affected systems. This impacts Windows systems by allowing escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM and enables similar escalations on macOS and Linux platforms, while the GlobalProtect app on iOS, Android, and Chrome OS remains unaffected. Users of the impacted versions should implement maintenance strategies to mitigate risks associated with this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

GlobalProtect App Linux 6.3.0 < 6.3.3-h15

GlobalProtect App Linux 6.2.0

GlobalProtect App Linux 6.0.0 < 6.0.15

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0299
vendor-advisory

CVSS V4

Score:
5.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

our internal security research teams
.