MSRXVulnerabilities / CVE-2026-0295
CVE-2026-0295
Published 2026-08-13 · Analyzed
CVE-2026-0295
GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation via Race Condition on macOS
4.1 MEDIUM
CVSS 4.0 · CNA · paloaltonetworks.com
CVSS 4.0 · CNA · paloaltonetworks.com
0.1%
chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS; higher than 1% of CVEs)
chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS; higher than 1% of CVEs)
A race condition in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ client on macOS enables a locally authenticated low-privileged attacker to escalate their privileges to root. The GlobalProtect app on Linux, Windows, iOS, Android, and Chrome OS is not affected.
Scores
4.1CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:AmberCNA · paloaltonetworks.com
Affected products
- paloaltonetworks globalprotect: < 6.0.15; ≥ 6.2.0, < 6.2.8; ≥ 6.3.0, < 6.3.3; 24 specific releases listed in NVD
Weakness: CWE-362
1 references (advisories, patches, write-ups)
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0295 · Vendor Advisory
Sources: NVD, CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Missing ones did not answer or have no record yet.