CVE-2026-0295

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Palo Alto NetworksGlobalProtect App6.3.0 < 6.3.3-h14 (6.3.3-1121)affected
Palo Alto NetworksGlobalProtect App6.2.0 < 6.2.8-h13 (6.2.8-1045)affected
Palo Alto NetworksGlobalProtect App6.0.0 < 6.0.15affected
Palo Alto NetworksGlobalProtect AppAllunaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-362: CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Workarounds

No known workarounds or mitigations exist for this issue.

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References