02 Records
FEED: ACQUIRING
01 RecordSTATE: PUBLISHED
02 Description
CNA: palo_altoGlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation via Race Condition on macOS
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
- 0.08% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Ranks above 0.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.1 (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: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
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-18.
- 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
- 2026-08-13 01:57Z22 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-13 13:20Z22 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-11-03
- Assigning CNA
- palo_alto
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- 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/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- aedbeff46f678e21a467c88e62a87c2637bf3db8b6f32e54a8327083deff9740
05 Affected products
PAIRS: 1VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Palo Alto NetworksGlobalProtect App6.3.0 to < 6.3.3-h14 (6.3.3-1121), 6.2.0 to < 6.2.8-h13 (6.2.8-1045), 6.0.0 to < 6.0.15macOS, Linux, Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome OS SRC: CNA
VERSION MINOR VERSION SUGGESTED SOLUTION
GlobalProtect App 6.3 on macOS 6.3.0 through 6.3.3-h13 Upgrade to 6.3.3-h14 (6.3.3-1121) or later.
GlobalProtect App 6.2 on macOS 6.2.0 through 6.2.8-h12 Upgrade to 6.2.8-h13 (6.2.8-1045) or later.
GlobalProtect App 6.0 on macOS 6.0.0 through 6.0.14 Upgrade to 6.0.15 or later.
GlobalProtect App on Linux No action needed.
GlobalProtect App on Windows No action needed.
GlobalProtect App on iOS No action needed.
GlobalProtect App on Android No action needed.
GlobalProtect App on Chrome OS No action needed.