Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories / CVE-2026-0295

CVE-2026-0295 GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation via Race Condition on macOS

Urgency MODERATE

047910
Severity 4.1 · MEDIUM
Exploit Maturity UNREPORTED
Response Effort MODERATE
Recovery USER
Value Density DIFFUSE
Attack Vector LOCAL
Attack Complexity LOW
Attack Requirements PRESENT
Automatable NO
User Interaction NONE
Product Confidentiality HIGH
Product Integrity HIGH
Product Availability NONE
Privileges Required LOW
Subsequent Confidentiality NONE
Subsequent Integrity NONE
Subsequent Availability NONE
CVE JSON CSAF
Published 2026-08-12
Updated 2026-08-12
Discovered externally

Description

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.

Product Status

VersionsAffectedUnaffected
GlobalProtect AppNone on Linux
None on Windows
None on iOS
None on Android
None on Chrome OS
All on Linux
All on Windows
All on iOS
All on Android
All on Chrome OS
GlobalProtect App 6.3< 6.3.3-h14 (6.3.3-1121) on macOS
>= 6.3.3-h14 (6.3.3-1121) on macOS
GlobalProtect App 6.2< 6.2.8-h13 (6.2.8-1045) on macOS
>= 6.2.8-h13 (6.2.8-1045) on macOS
GlobalProtect App 6.0< 6.0.15 on macOS
>= 6.0.15 on macOS (ETA: 08/31)

Required Configuration for Exposure

No special configuration is required to be affected by this issue.

Severity: MEDIUM, Suggested Urgency: MODERATE

CVSS-BT: 4.1 / CVSS-B: 7.2 (CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber)

Exploitation Status

Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.

Weakness Type and Impact

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CAPEC-29 Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions

Solution

Version
Minor Version
Suggested Solution
GlobalProtect App 6.3 on macOS
 6.3.0 through 6.3.3-h13 Upgrade to 6.3.3-h14 (6.3.3-1121) or later.
GlobalProtect App 6.2 on macOS
 6.2.0 through 6.2.8-h12 Upgrade to 6.2.8-h13 (6.2.8-1045) or later.
 GlobalProtect App 6.0 on macOS6.0.0 through 6.0.14Upgrade to 6.0.15 or later.
GlobalProtect App on Linux
No action needed.
GlobalProtect App on Windows
No action needed.
GlobalProtect App on iOS
No action needed.
GlobalProtect App on Android
No action needed.
GlobalProtect App on Chrome OS
No action needed.

Workarounds and Mitigations

No known workarounds or mitigations exist for this issue. 

Acknowledgments

Palo Alto Networks thanks Alex Bourla and Graham Brereton for discovering and reporting this issue.

CPEs

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.3.3:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.3.2:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.2.8:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.2.7:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.2.6:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.2.4:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.14:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.13:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.12:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.11:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.10:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.8:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:*

CPE Applicability

Timeline

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