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CVE-2025-0135

GlobalProtect App on macOS: Non Admin User Can Disable the GlobalProtect App

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 3rd percentile. Fixed versions are out.

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

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, < 6.2.8Upgrade to: 6.2.8Affected: 6.1.0Upgrade to: not statedAffected: 6.0.0Upgrade to: not statedStated by: CVE record
  • Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect UWP AppFixed buildsAllStated by: CVE record
  • Paloaltonetworks GlobalprotectAffected: ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.2.8Upgrade to: 6.2.8Stated by: NVD

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

What it is

From the CVE record

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on macOS devices enables a locally authenticated non administrative user to disable the app. The GlobalProtect app on Windows, 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.

EPSS3rd
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

0.1% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 3rd percentile of scored CVEs.

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

Lifecycle

5 events over 44 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. Patch availableworkaround available, record updated
  2. Publishedweakness classified

Affected products

Technical detail

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Scored 3.3 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector LocalRequires local access to the vulnerable system (e.g. local login, malicious file)
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required LowRequires basic user-level privileges
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
  • Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
  • Availability LowReduced performance or intermittent disruption of service

Weaknesses

Sources

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