CVE-2020-1988: Palo Alto Networks Globalprotect

Medium severity, CVSS 6.7. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An unquoted search path vulnerability in the Windows release of Global Protect Agent allows an authenticated local user with file creation privileges on the root of the OS disk (C:\) or to Program Files directory to gain system privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Agent 5.0 versions before 5.0.5; 4.1 versions before 4.1.13 on Windows;

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks Globalprotect: from 4.1.0, before 4.1.13 (fixed in 4.1.13); from 5.0.0, before 5.0.5 (fixed in 5.0.5)

Published 2020-04-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.