MEDIUM 5.9 NVD

CVE-2026-0299

Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enable a local user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enable 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, and Chrome OS is not affected.

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0299

Published: 2026-08-13 · Source: NVD · Feed updated: 2026-08-13

This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.9 was published on 2026-08-13 via NVD.

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