CVE-2025-0141
GlobalProtect App: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
02 Description
GlobalProtect App: 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
- 0.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 7.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.4 (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: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: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
- 2025-07-09 22:58Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-02-26 17:50Z8 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-12-20
- Assigning CNA
- palo_alto
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426Untrusted Search PathBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 0515904563c787dd9a44d9a08fa23f132c9f09be46d114b6aa8e766ffeade478
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0141
07 Remediation
Version Minor Version Suggested Solution GlobalProtect App 6.3 on macOS 6.3.0 through 6.3.3 Upgrade to 6.3.3-h1 (6.3.3-c650) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.3 on Windows 6.3.0 through 6.3.3 Upgrade to 6.3.3-h1 (6.3.3-c650) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.2 on macOS 6.2.0 through 6.2.8 Upgrade to 6.2.8-h2 (6.2.8-c243) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.2 on Windows 6.2.0 through 6.2.8 Upgrade to 6.2.8-h2 (6.2.8-c243) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.1 on macOSUpgrade to 6.2.8-h2 (6.2.8-c243) or 6.3.3-h1 (6.3.3-c650) or later.GlobalProtect App 6.1 on WindowsUpgrade to 6.2.8-h2 (6.2.8-c243) or 6.3.3-h1 (6.3.3-c650) or later.GlobalProtect App 6.0 on macOSUpgrade to 6.2.8-h2 (6.2.8-c243) or 6.3.3-h1 (6.3.3-c650) or later.GlobalProtect App 6.0 on WindowsUpgrade to 6.2.8-h2 (6.2.8-c243) or 6.3.3-h1 (6.3.3-c650) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.2 on Linux 6.2.0 through 6.2.7 Upgrade to 6.2.8 or later. GlobalProtect App 6.1 on LinuxUpgrade to 6.2.8 or later.GlobalProtect App 6.0 on LinuxUpgrade to 6.2.8 or later.GlobalProtect App on Android, Chrome OS, iOS No action needed.GlobalProtect UWP App No action needed.