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CVE-2026-0315

GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability on macOS

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 1st percentile. Fixed versions are out.

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD

What to do

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  • Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect AppAffected: ≥ 6.2.0, < 6.2.8-h15Upgrade to: 6.2.8-h15Affected: ≥ 6.3.0, < 6.3.3-h16Upgrade to: 6.3.3-h16Stated by: CVE record

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What it is

From the CVE record

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.

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.

EPSS1st
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 1st percentile of scored CVEs.

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

Lifecycle

12 events over 2 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. Patch availableworkaround available, record updated
  2. Patch availableworkaround available, record updated
  3. Patch availableworkaround available, published, weakness classified, att&ck mapped, record updated

Affected products

Technical detail

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

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