CVE-2026-0295: Palo Alto Networks Globalprotect

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks Globalprotect: before 6.0.15 (fixed in 6.0.15); from 6.2.0, before 6.2.8 (fixed in 6.2.8); from 6.3.0, before 6.3.3 (fixed in 6.3.3); version 6.2.8 only; version 6.3.3 only

Published 2026-08-13. Last modified 2026-09-10.