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CVE-2026-0315 (GCVE-0-2026-0315)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-14 20:24 – Updated: 2026-10-14 20:24

Title

GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability on macOS

Summary

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enables a local user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS. This enables a non-administrative user to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges. The GlobalProtect app on Linux, Windows, iOS, Android and Chrome OS is not affected by this vulnerability.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                        
                          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

CWE

CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path

Assigner

palo_alto CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard A 95/100 over 95 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0315	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect App	Affected: 6.2.0 , < 6.2.8-h15 (custom) Affected: 6.3.0 , < 6.3.3-h16 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.3.3:::::macOS:: cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.3.2:::::macOS:: cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.3.1:::::macOS:: cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.3.0:::::macOS:: cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.2.8:::::macOS:: cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.2.7:::::macOS:: cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.2.6:::::macOS:: cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.2.4:::::macOS:: cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.2.3:::::macOS:: cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.2.2:::::macOS:: cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.2.1:::::macOS:: cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.2.0:::::macOS::
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect App	Unaffected: All , < 12.2.4 (custom)	guessed

Date Public

2026-10-14 16:00

Credits

Ronen Seleri and Shahaf Pruss of Blyde Labs Christopher Ellis of Workday James Otten (internal reporter)

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FKIE_CVE-2026-0315

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-10-14 21:17 - Updated: 2026-10-14 21:17

Severity

5.9 (Medium) - 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

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@paloaltonetworks.com	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0315

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-387W-HMFW-94VW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-14 21:33 – Updated: 2026-10-14 21:33

Details

The GlobalProtect app on Linux, Windows, iOS, Android and Chrome OS is not affected by this vulnerability.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                  
                    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

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  "id": "GHSA-387w-hmfw-94vw",
  "modified": "2026-10-14T21:33:49Z",
  "published": "2026-10-14T21:33:49Z",
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