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.
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Vendor advisories in the News 1
- CVE-2026-0315 GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability on macOS (Severity: MEDIUM) Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories · 2026-10-14
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 2
- StatusReceived → Awaiting AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-15 16:26
- First seenCVSS 5.9NVD modified 2026-10-14 21:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.