{"id":"CVE-2026-0251","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-0251","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T10:36:42.593Z","title":"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.","description":"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.\n\nThe GlobalProtect app on iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP app are not affected.","published":"2026-05-13T19:16:59.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-26T14:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","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/M"},"cwe":["CWE-426"],"affected":["paloaltonetworks/globalprotect"],"epss":{"score":0.00185,"percentile":0.08019,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0251","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0251","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}