CVE-2026-0315 GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability on macOS

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories / CVE-2026-0315

CVE-2026-0315 GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability on macOS

Urgency MODERATE

Severity 5.9 · MEDIUM

Exploit Maturity UNREPORTED

Response Effort MODERATE

Recovery USER

Value Density DIFFUSE

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Attack Requirements NONE

Automatable NO

User Interaction NONE

Product Confidentiality HIGH

Product Integrity HIGH

Product Availability HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

Subsequent Confidentiality NONE

Subsequent Integrity NONE

Subsequent Availability NONE

CVE JSON CSAF

Published 2026-10-14

Updated 2026-10-14

Discovered externally

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enables a local user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS. This enables a non-administrative user to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges.

The GlobalProtect app on Linux, Windows, iOS, Android and Chrome OS is not affected by this vulnerability.

Product Status

Versions	Affected	Unaffected
GlobalProtect App	None on Linux None on Windows None on iOS None on Android None on ChromeOS	All on Linux All on Windows All on iOS All on Android All on ChromeOS
GlobalProtect App 6.3	< 6.3.3-h16 (6.3.3-1199) on macOS	>= 6.3.3-h16 (6.3.3-1199) on macOS
GlobalProtect App 6.2	< 6.2.8-h15 (6.2.8-1084) on macOS	>= 6.2.8-h15 (6.2.8-1084) on macOS

Required Configuration for Exposure

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

Severity: MEDIUM, Suggested Urgency: MODERATE

CVSS-BT: 5.9 / CVSS-B: 8.5 (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/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-426 Untrusted Search Path

CAPEC-233 Privilege Escalation

Solution

Version	Minor Version	Suggested Solution
GlobalProtect App 6.3 on macOS	6.3.0 through 6.3.3-h15	Upgrade to 6.3.3-h16 (6.3.3-1199) or later.
GlobalProtect App 6.2 on macOS	6.2.0 through 6.2.8-h14	Upgrade to 6.2.8-h15 (6.2.8-1084) 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 ChromeOS		No action needed.

Workarounds and Mitigations

No known workarounds exist for this issue.

Acknowledgments

Palo Alto Networks thanks Ronen Seleri and Shahaf Pruss of Blyde Labs, Christopher Ellis of Workday, and James Otten (internal reporter) 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:*:*

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CPE Applicability

cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:*:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:* is vulnerable from (including)6.2.8 and up to (excluding)6.2.8-h15
ORcpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:globalprotect_app:*:*:*:*:*:macOS:*:* is vulnerable from (including)6.3.3 and up to (excluding)6.3.3-h16

Timeline

2026-10-14 Initial Publication.