CVE-2026-0299

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 37/100
Published: 2026-08-13 Modified: 2026-10-23 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: High
VI: High
VA: High

Description

Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enable a local user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows, and root on macOS and Linux. This enables a non-administrative user to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges. The GlobalProtect app on iOS, Android, and Chrome OS is not affected.

Weakness Classification (1)

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

37 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.9 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.17%
Raw Score 0.001690
Percentile 6.3%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00169
2026-10-28
0.00169

Intelligence Sources

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