CVE-2019-17436: Palo Alto Networks Globalprotect

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in GlobalProtect Agent for Linux and Mac OS X version 5.0.4 and earlier and version 4.1.12 and earlier, that can allow non-root users to overwrite root files on the file system.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks Globalprotect: up to and including 5.0.4; up to and including 4.1.12

Published 2019-10-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.