CVE-2026-0251
GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
02 Description
GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
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
- 0.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 7.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.9 (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:H/VI:H/VA:H/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
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-26.
- 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
- 2026-05-13 18:20Z5 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-05-14 03:56Z5 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-11-03
- Assigning CNA
- palo_alto
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426Untrusted Search PathBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 632b5e9025cd694d48ea1e269af08cebd2f1b19d1f9b04021a8676ba0b23fd8f
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0251
07 Remediation
VERSION MINOR VERSION SUGGESTED SOLUTION GlobalProtect App 6.0 on Windows 6.0.0 through 6.0.12 Upgrade to 6.0.13 or later. GlobalProtect App 6.2 on Windows 6.2.0 through 6.2.8-h9 Upgrade to 6.2.8-h10 (6.2.8-948) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.3 on Windows 6.3.0 through 6.3.3-h8 Upgrade to 6.3.3-h9 (6.3.3-999) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.0 on macOS 6.0.0 through 6.0.12 Upgrade to 6.0.13 or later. GlobalProtect App 6.2 on macOS 6.2.0 through 6.2.8-h9 Upgrade to 6.2.8-h10 (6.2.8-948) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.3 on macOS 6.3.0 through 6.3.3-h8 Upgrade to 6.3.3-h9 (6.3.3-999) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.0 on Linux 6.0.0 through 6.0.10 Upgrade to 6.0.11 or later GlobalProtect App 6.2 on Linux 6.2.0 through 6.2.9 Upgrade to 6.3.3-h2 (6.3.3-42) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.3 on Linux 6.3.0 through 6.3.3-h1 Upgrade to 6.3.3-h2 (6.3.3-42) or later. GlobalProtect App on Android No action needed. GlobalProtect App on Chrome OS No action needed. GlobalProtect App on iOS No action needed. GlobalProtect App on UWP No action needed.