A race condition in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ client on macOS enables a locally authenticated low-privileged attacker to escalate their privileges to root. The GlobalProtect app on Linux, Windows, iOS, Android, and Chrome OS is not affected.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0295 Vendor Advisory
Vendor advisories in the News 1
- CVE-2026-0295 GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation via Race Condition on macOS (Severity: MEDIUM) Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories · 2026-09-12
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 4.1 · paloaltonetworksNVD modified 2026-10-23 19:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 25
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:-:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:h1:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:h10:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:h11:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:h12:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:h2:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:h3:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:h4:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:h5:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:h6:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:h7:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:h8:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:h9:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:-:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h1:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h11:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h12:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h2:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h3:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h4:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h6:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h7:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h8:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h9:*:*:*:macos:*:*
References 1
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0295 Vendor Advisory