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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-0295

Change History

New CVE Received from Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 8/12/2026 11:16:44 PM

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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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AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

                  
                
              		
            

            

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CWE-362

                  
                
              		
            

            

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https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0295

                  
                
              		
            

            

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