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CVE-2026-0251
Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app allow a local user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORIT…
Impact
Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app allow a local user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows and root on macOS and Linux. This enables a non-administrative user to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges. The GlobalProtect app on iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP app are not affected.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Paloaltonetworks | Globalprotect | from 6.0.0 before 6.0.11 from 6.0.0 before 6.0.13 from 6.2.0 before 6.2.8 from 6.3.0 before 6.3.3 Versions 6.2.8, 6.3.3 |