High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2026· Updated Sep 3, 2026
CVE-2026-0299
CVE-2026-0299
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.
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References
1- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0299nvdVendor Advisory
News mentions
2- Cyber Security Weekly Newsletter – Outlook RCE, Palo Alto, Cisco 0-day and Windows 0-Day Flaws +20 StoriesCyber Security News · Aug 16, 2026
- Palo Alto Networks Patches 11 New Vulnerabilities Across PAN-OS, GlobalProtect, and Prisma AccessCyber Security News · Aug 12, 2026