CVE-2026-0295CWE-362

CVE-2026-0295

High · published August 13, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
0.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.0 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
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EPSS
0.00075 · 0.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Published
2026-08-13T07:16Z
Affected products (27)
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paloaltonetworks/globalprotect< 6.0.156.0.15
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References (1)
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0295 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 AUG 01:57Z
    GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation via Race Condition on macOS
    cvelistv5