CVE-2026-0315

Status: Awaiting AnalysisMedium (5.9)—

Severity5.9Medium · CVSS 4.0

Exploitation probability0.10 %higher than 1% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitNot knownno public code found

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.

CVSS

Base score: 5.9
Version: 4.0
Vector: 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/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

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.10 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 1
Score date: 10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation90 %
Primary impactT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution80 %

Vector AV:L/PR:L/UI:N indica escalada local sin interacción (T1068); la descripción dice que el atacante ejecuta comandos arbitrarios como root en macOS, y CWE-426 sugiere ruta de búsqueda no confiable.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Execution Prevention Threat Intelligence Program Restrict Web-Based Content Privileged Account Management Limit Software Installation Behavior Prevention on Endpoint

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Palo Alto Networks — Globalprotect APP^AI

CWEs

CWE-426

References

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https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0315

Raw JSON (NVD)

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