CVE-2025-2183
GlobalProtect App: Improper Certificate Validation Leads to Privilege Escalation
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 2nd percentile. Fixed versions are out.
What to do
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- Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect AppAffected: ≥ 6.3.0, < 6.3.3-h2 (6.3.3-c676)Upgrade to: 6.3.3-h2 (6.3.3-c676)Affected: ≥ 6.2.0, < 6.2.8-h3 (6.2.8-c263)Upgrade to: 6.2.8-h3 (6.2.8-c263)Affected: 6.1.0Upgrade to: not statedAffected: 6.0.0Upgrade to: not statedStated by: CVE record
- Palo Alto Networks Global Protect UWP AppFixed buildsAllStated by: CVE record
Versions as the sources state them. Full version matrix after sign-in
What it is
From the CVE record
An insufficient certificate validation issue in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enables attackers to connect the GlobalProtect app to arbitrary servers. This can enable a local non-administrative operating system user or an attacker on the same subnet to install malicious root certificates on the endpoint and subsequently install malicious software signed by the malicious root certificates on that endpoint.
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.
- 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 2nd percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
7 events over 316 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- OpenVAS check added
- Patch availableworkaround available, published, weakness classified, att&ck mapped, record updated
Affected products
Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Scored 5.0 by bdu.
How it is reached
- Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
- Access Complexity HighSpecialized conditions required
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality L
- Integrity L
- Availability L
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
Sources
References in the record
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