02 Records
FEED: ACQUIRING
01 RecordSTATE: PUBLISHED
02 Description
CNA: palo_altoGlobalProtect App: Incorrect Privilege Management Vulnerability in OPSWAT MetaDefender Endpoint Security SDK
03 Exploitation and scoring
SRC: CISA, FIRST, NVD, RED HAT- 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.
CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.- EPSS probability
- 0.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Ranks above 4.9% 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:P/PR:L/UI:N/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:X/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.
SCHEMA: 5.2
- Published
- 2025-05-14 18:06Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-02-26 18:28Z6 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:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/U:Amber
- Weaknesses
- CWE-266Incorrect Privilege AssignmentBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- be1feaf2abc33874103a4a5744c0c3d943b7b2e2d3d243ec81c90fa4e545cfd7
05 Affected products
PAIRS: 1VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
SRC: CNA
This issue is fixed in MetaDefender Endpoint Security SDK 4.3.4451 on Windows, and all later MetaDefender Endpoint Security SDK versions on Windows. To mitigate this issue in the GlobalProtect App on Windows update to one of the listed versions (these versions include the updated MetaDefender Endpoint Security SDK):
Version
Suggested Solution
GlobalProtect App 6.3 on WindowsUpgrade to 6.3.3 or laterGlobalProtect App 6.2 on Windows
Upgrade to 6.2.8 or later
GlobalProtect App 6.1 on Windows
Upgrade to 6.2.8 or later or 6.3.3 or later
GlobalProtect App 6.0 on Windows
Upgrade to 6.2.8 or later or 6.3.3 or later
GlobalProtect App on macOSNot applicableGlobalProtect App on LinuxNot applicableGlobalProtect App on iOSNot applicableGlobalProtect App on AndroidNot applicableGlobalProtect UWP AppNot applicable