CVE-2026-0299

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CVE: CVE-2026-0299 - Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enable a local user to escalate their privileges ...Sign in to save

CVSS

5.9

CVSS v4.0

EPSS

N/A

Exploit Prediction Score

Published

August 13, 2026

Exploitability

No EPSS data available

Description

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.

Weaknesses

CWE-426

Affected Packages

No package data available.

Aliases

CVE-2026-0299

Related references

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