CVE-2026-0299EPSS p9.2%
CVE-2026-0299CVE-2026-0299
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.
Scoring
| EPSS | 0.19% probability of exploitation · percentile 9.2% · 2026-08-13T12:03:51Z |
| Last modified | 2026-08-13 |