High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2026· Updated Sep 10, 2026
CVE-2026-0295
CVE-2026-0295
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.
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Affected products
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References
1- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0295nvdVendor Advisory
News mentions
1- Palo Alto Networks Patches 11 New Vulnerabilities Across PAN-OS, GlobalProtect, and Prisma AccessCyber Security News · Aug 12, 2026