CVE-2026-0315
GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability on macOS
02 Description
GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability on macOS
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
- 0.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 0.9% 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
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-16.
- 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
- 2026-10-14 20:24Z15 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-16 03:56Z14 DAYS 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
- 245fd91fff4ad45724a32ecc7812c859ecd897d01eb067a521d63d25c9adc958
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.paloaltonetworks.comPAN-OS Security Advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0315
07 Remediation
Version Minor VersionSuggested SolutionGlobalProtect App 6.3 on macOS6.3.0 through 6.3.3-h15Upgrade to 6.3.3-h16 (6.3.3-1199) or later.GlobalProtect App 6.2 on macOS6.2.0 through 6.2.8-h14 Upgrade to 6.2.8-h15 (6.2.8-1084) 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 ChromeOS No action needed.