Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-0251
Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app allow a local user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows and root on macOS and Linux. This enables a non-administrative user to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges.
The GlobalProtect app on iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP app are not affected.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 4.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
Products affected by CVE-2026-0251
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.0.11
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.0.12
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.7-1077
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3