CVE-2025-0140

published 2025-07-09

CVE-2025-0140: An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on macOS devices enables a locally authenticated non…

Priority P4 25 medium 6.8 CVSS 4.0

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An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on macOS devices enables a locally authenticated non administrative user to disable the app even if the GlobalProtect app configuration would not normally permit them to do so.

The GlobalProtect app on Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP app are not affected.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
palo_alto_networks	globalprotect_app	—	—
palo_alto_networks	globalprotect_app	—	—
palo_alto_networks	globalprotect_app	>= 6.2.0 < 6.2.8-h2 (6.2.8-c243)	6.2.8-h2 (6.2.8-c243)
palo_alto_networks	globalprotect_app	>= 6.3.0 < 6.3.3-h1 (6.3.3-c650)	6.3.3-h1 (6.3.3-c650)
paloalto	globalprotect_app	—	—
paloalto	globalprotect_uwp_app	—	—

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