CVE-2025-0117
GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
02 Description
GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 5.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.1 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/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
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-03-12 18:35Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-02-26 19:09Z8 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-12-20
- Assigning CNA
- palo_alto
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
- Weaknesses
- CWE-807Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security DecisionBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- e115c4d4e3df21edd12fa78bfcd2f923c88d7617be69c368aab96ebe649040c5
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0117
07 Remediation
Version Suggested Solution GlobalProtect App 6.3 on Windows Upgrade to 6.3.3 or later GlobalProtect App 6.2 on Windows Upgrade to 6.2.6 or later GlobalProtect App 6.1 on Windows Upgrade to 6.2.6 or later or upgrade to 6.3.3 or later GlobalProtect App 6.0 on Windows Upgrade to 6.2.6 or later or upgrade to 6.3.3 or later GlobalProtect App on LinuxNo action neededGlobalProtect App on iOSNo action neededGlobalProtect App on AndroidNo action neededGlobalProtect UWP AppNo action needed Solution for new and existing GlobalProtect app installation on Windows You can use your endpoint mobile device management (MDM) tools to apply the following changes: * Install a fixed version of the GlobalProtect app. * Update the following registry key with the specified value (uses the REG_SZ type): [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Palo Alto Networks\GlobalProtect\Settings] "check-communication"="yes" * Restart the operating system to apply this registry change. Alternate solution for new GlobalProtect app installation on Windows Install the GlobalProtect app with the pre-deployment key CHECKCOMM set to "yes": msiexec.exe /i GlobalProtect64.msi CHECKCOMM="yes"Note: This command adds the registry value from the previous solution instructions—no additional MSI options are needed.