CVE-2026-0295
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.0
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.1%
0.1th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-362
Published 2026-08-13 · modified 2026-09-10
Description
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.