Local Privilege Escalation in Palo Alto GlobalProtect Client (macOS)
CVE-2026-0295 Published on August 13, 2026

GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation via Race Condition on macOS
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.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-0295 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE

Timeline

Initial Publication

Weakness Type

What is a Race Condition Vulnerability?

The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

CVE-2026-0295 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-0295

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Affected Versions

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