CVE-2026-0315 json
GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability on macOS
published 2026-10-14 25 d ago modified 2026-10-16 24 d ago also EUVD-2026-101670
- cvss
- 5.9
- version 4.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.1%
- EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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.
Patch / fix
- Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App 6.2.8-h15, 6.3.3-h16
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 25 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 5.9 | 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 |
| CNA | 4.0 | 5.9 | 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/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber |
Affected products
- Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path
References
-
security.paloaltonetworks.com
/CVE-2026-0315
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-0315
- NVD CVE-2026-0315
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