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CVE-2025-0117

GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 5th percentile. Fixed versions are out.

CVSS 3.15.9MediumEPSS percentile5th0.2% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFix2 products5 fixed builds listed below

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

NVD CVE.org

What to do

Find your product and version, then upgrade to the build on the right.

  • Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect AppAffected: ≥ 6.3.0, < 6.3.3Upgrade to: 6.3.3Affected: ≥ 6.2.0, < 6.2.6Upgrade to: 6.2.6Affected: ≥ 6.1.0, < 10.2.14Upgrade to: 10.2.14Affected: ≥ 6.0.0, < 10.1.14-h11Upgrade to: 10.1.14-h11Stated by: CVE record
  • Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect UWP AppFixed buildsAllStated by: CVE record

Versions as the sources state them. Full version matrix after sign-in

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What it is

From the CVE record

A reliance on untrusted input for a security decision in the GlobalProtect app on Windows devices potentially enables a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. GlobalProtect App on macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP App are not affected.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS5th
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 5th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

6 events over 470 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Patch availableworkaround available, published, weakness classified, record updated

Affected products

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Scored 5.9 by bdu.

How it is reached

  • Access Vector LocalRequires local access
  • Access Complexity LowNo special conditions required

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
  • Integrity H
  • Availability NoneNo availability impact

Weaknesses

Sources

References in the record

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