Palo Alto Networks Globalprotect App vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-0295 [HIGH] CWE-362 CVE-2026-0295: A race condition in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ client on macOS enables a locally authenti A race condition in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ client on macOS enables a locally authenticated low-privileged attacker to escalate their privileges to root. The GlobalProtect app on Linux, Windows, iOS, Android, and Chrome OS is not affected.

CVE-2024-2432 [HIGH] CWE-269 CVE-2024-2432: A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows dev A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. However, execution requires that the local user is able to successfully exploit a race condition.

CVE-2022-0018 [MEDIUM] CWE-201 CVE-2022-0018: An information exposure vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows An information exposure vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows and MacOS where the credentials of the local user account are sent to the GlobalProtect portal when the Single Sign-On feature is enabled in the GlobalProtect portal configuration. This product behavior is intentional and poses no security risk when conn

CVE-2026-0249 [MEDIUM] CWE-295 CVE-2026-0249: Multiple improper certificate validation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ ap Multiple improper certificate validation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enables an attacker to intercept encrypted communications and potentially compromise the endpoint. This can enable a local non-administrative operating system user or an attacker on the same subnet to redirect traffic to an unauthorized server and fac

CVE-2020-2032 [HIGH] CWE-367 CVE-2020-2032: A race condition vulnerability Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a local limite A race condition vulnerability Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a local limited Windows user to execute programs with SYSTEM privileges. This issue can be exploited only while performing a GlobalProtect app upgrade. This issue affects: GlobalProtect app 5.0 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.0.10 on Windows; GlobalProtect ap

CVE-2023-0006 [MEDIUM] CWE-367 CVE-2023-0006: A local file deletion vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices e A local file deletion vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices enables a user to delete system files from the endpoint with elevated privileges through a race condition.

CVE-2020-2033 [MEDIUM] CWE-290 CVE-2020-2033: When the pre-logon feature is enabled, a missing certification validation in Palo Alto Networks Glob When the pre-logon feature is enabled, a missing certification validation in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app can disclose the pre-logon authentication cookie to a man-in-the-middle attacker on the same local area network segment with the ability to manipulate ARP or to conduct ARP spoofing attacks. This allows the attacker to access the GlobalPro

CVE-2025-2179 [MEDIUM] CWE-266 CVE-2025-2179: An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on Linu An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on Linux 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, macOS, iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect

CVE-2025-0140 [MEDIUM] CWE-266 CVE-2025-0140: An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on macO 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

CVE-2025-2183 [MEDIUM] CWE-295 CVE-2025-2183: An insufficient certificate validation issue in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enables at An insufficient certificate validation issue in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enables attackers to connect the GlobalProtect app to arbitrary servers. This can enable a local non-administrative operating system user or an attacker on the same subnet to install malicious root certificates on the endpoint and subsequently install malicious s

CVE-2020-2004 [MEDIUM] CWE-534 CVE-2020-2004: Under certain circumstances a user's password may be logged in cleartext in the PanGPS.log diagnosti Under certain circumstances a user's password may be logged in cleartext in the PanGPS.log diagnostic file when logs are collected for troubleshooting on GlobalProtect app (also known as GlobalProtect Agent) for MacOS and Windows. For this issue to occur all of these conditions must be true: (1) 'Save User Credential' option should be set to 'Yes' in

CVE-2022-0021 [MEDIUM] CWE-532 CVE-2022-0021: An information exposure through log file vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtec An information exposure through log file vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows that logs the cleartext credentials of the connecting GlobalProtect user when authenticating using Connect Before Logon feature. This issue impacts GlobalProtect App 5.2 versions earlier than 5.2.9 on Windows. This issue does not affect

CVE-2022-0019 [MEDIUM] CWE-522 CVE-2022-0019: An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Linux that exposes the hashed credentials of GlobalProtect users that saved their password during previous GlobalProtect app sessions to other local users on the system. The exposed credentials enable a local attacker to authenticate to the Glob

CVE-2026-0267 [MEDIUM] CWE-532 CVE-2026-0267: An information exposure vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on macOS enables a An information exposure vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on macOS enables a local user to learn the configured passcodes for disabling, disconnecting, or uninstalling the GlobalProtect app. After the passcode is known, the user can perform these actions even if the GlobalProtect app configuration would not normally permit them

CVE-2025-0117 [HIGH] CWE-807 CVE-2025-0117: A reliance on untrusted input for a security decision in the GlobalProtect app on Windows devices po A reliance on untrusted input for a security decision in the GlobalProtect app on Windows devices potentially enables a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. GlobalProtect App on macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP App are not affected.

CVE-2021-3038 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 CVE-2021-3038: A denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows systems a A denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows systems allows a limited Windows user to send specifically-crafted input to the GlobalProtect app that results in a Windows blue screen of death (BSOD) error. This issue impacts: GlobalProtect app 5.1 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.1.8; GlobalProtect a

CVE-2024-2431 [MEDIUM] CWE-269 CVE-2024-2431: An issue in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app enables a non-privileged user to disable the Gl An issue in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app enables a non-privileged user to disable the GlobalProtect app in configurations that allow a user to disable GlobalProtect with a passcode.

CVE-2025-4227 [LOW] CWE-319 CVE-2025-4227: An improper access control vulnerability in the Endpoint Traffic Policy Enforcement https://docs.pa An improper access control vulnerability in the Endpoint Traffic Policy Enforcement https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/globalprotect/6-0/globalprotect-app-new-features/new-features-released-in-gp-app/endpoint-traffic-policy-enforcement feature of the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app allows certain packets to remain unencrypted instead of being properl

CVE-2025-0135 [LOW] CWE-266 CVE-2025-0135: An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on macO 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. The GlobalProtect app on Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP app are not affected.