CVE-2026-0295

⚠️ high

Summary

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.

CVSS Score

7.0

High

EPSS Score

0.1

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2026-08-13

First Seen: 2026-08-14

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 50.5% of all 365,890 vulnerabilities in our database.

#180,951

Above average severity

Severity Percentile

🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Aug 13, 2026

🔍 Exploitation Status

None

No known exploits

⚙️ Automatable

Requires human interaction

💥 Technical Impact

Total

Complete system compromise possible

🏆 Discovered By

Alex Bourla and Graham Brereton

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2026-09-10

Source NVD 🔗

CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS Vector 4.0

CVSS: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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-362

📦 Affected Products 5

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
paloaltonetworks	globalprotect	Affected	< 6.0.15
paloaltonetworks	globalprotect	Affected	> 6.2.0 < 6.2.8
paloaltonetworks	globalprotect	Affected	> 6.3.0 < 6.3.3
paloaltonetworks	globalprotect	Affected	v6.2.8
paloaltonetworks	globalprotect	Affected	v6.3.3

🔗 References 1

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0295

Vendor Advisory

🔗 Related CVEs 6

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CVE-2026-0296	⚠️ high	7.4	0.1	Improper certificate validation vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enable an unauthenticated att...	2026-08-13
CVE-2026-0297	⚠️ high	8.1	0.3	A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app that enables a man-in-the-middle (...	2026-08-13
CVE-2026-0298	⚠️ high	8.1	0.3	An improper input validation vulnerability exists in the Windows Pre-Logon Access Provider (PLAP) component of the Palo ...	2026-08-13
CVE-2026-0299	⚠️ high	7.8	0.2	Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enable a local user to escalat...	2026-08-13
CVE-2026-0267	🔶 medium	5.5	0.1	An information exposure vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on macOS enables a local user to learn...	2026-06-10
CVE-2026-0249	🔶 medium	6.5	0.1	Multiple improper certificate validation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enables an attac...	2026-05-13

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