Vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App

[ Description ]Official description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enables a local user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS. This enables a non-administrative user to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges. The GlobalProtect app on Linux, Windows, iOS, Android and Chrome OS is not affected by this vulnerability.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• CERT-FR15 Oct 2026CERTFR-2026-AVI-1326

  Multiple vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks products Translated from French

  Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Palo Alto Networks products. Some of them allow an attacker to cause remote arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation and remote denial of service. Palo Alto…

  CVE-2026-87464CVE-2026-87646CVE-2026-87445+458 more CVEs
• BSI CERT-Bund14 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-3962

  Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  CVE-2026-0314CVE-2026-0315

[ References ]References

• security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0315