CVE-2026-0297: Palo Alto Networks Globalprotect

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app that enables a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacker or a rogue gateway to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges (SYSTEM privileges on Windows, and root privileges on macOS and Linux).

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks Globalprotect: from 6.0.0, before 6.0.15 (fixed in 6.0.15); from 6.2.0, before 6.2.8 (fixed in 6.2.8); from 6.2.0, up to and including 6.2.9; from 6.3.0, before 6.3.3 (fixed in 6.3.3); from 6.3.0, before 6.3.5 (fixed in 6.3.5); version 6.2.8 only; …

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