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Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect
Our sources currently list 38 known vulnerabilities affecting Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect.
Last updated: 22 July 2026, 20:43 AEST
No current ASD advisory names this product.That describes the Australian Signals Directorate’s publication record — it is not a statement that this product is free of vulnerabilities. See the list below.
| CVE | Severity | Exploitation | Published | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-3661 | High (7.6) | No exploitation reported | DHCP can add routes to a client’s routing table via the classless static route option (121). VPN-based security solutions that rely on routes to redirect traffic can be forced to l… | |
| CVE-2024-5921 | High (8.8) | No exploitation reported | An insufficient certification validation issue in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app enables attackers to connect the GlobalProtect app to arbitrary servers. This can enable … | |
| CVE-2021-3057 | High (8.1) | No exploitation reported | A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app that enables a man-in-the-middle attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially… | |
| CVE-2012-6606 | Medium (5.8) | No exploitation reported | Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect before 1.1.7, and NetConnect, does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof portal servers… | |
| CVE-2020-2033 | Medium (5.3) | No exploitation reported | When the pre-logon feature is enabled, a missing certification validation in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app can disclose the pre-logon authentication cookie to a man-in-the-m… | |
| CVE-2022-0018 | Medium (6.1) | No exploitation reported | An information exposure vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows and MacOS where the credentials of the local user account are sent to the Global… | |
| CVE-2017-15870 | Medium (6.7) | No exploitation reported | Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Agent before 4.0.3 allows attackers with administration rights on the local station to gain SYSTEM privileges via vectors involving "image path exe… | |
| CVE-2025-4232 | High (8.8) | No exploitation reported | An improper neutralization of wildcards vulnerability in the log collection feature of Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app on macOS allows a non administrative user to escalate t… | |
| CVE-2025-0118 | High (8.0) | No exploitation reported | A vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a remote attacker to run ActiveX controls within the context of an authenticated Windows user. This en… | |
| CVE-2024-8687 | High (7.1) | No exploitation reported | An information exposure vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software that enables a GlobalProtect end user to learn both the configured GlobalProtect uninstall passwo… | |
| CVE-2026-0250 | High (8.1) | No exploitation reported | A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app that enables a man in the middle attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute ar… | |
| CVE-2024-2432 | Medium (4.5) | No exploitation reported | A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. However,… | |
| CVE-2020-1988 | Medium (4.2) | No exploitation reported | An unquoted search path vulnerability in the Windows release of Global Protect Agent allows an authenticated local user with file creation privileges on the root of the OS disk (C:… | |
| CVE-2024-5908 | High (7.5) | No exploitation reported | A problem with the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app can result in exposure of encrypted user credentials, used for connecting to GlobalProtect, in application logs. Normally, t… | |
| CVE-2019-17436 | High (7.1) | No exploitation reported | A Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in GlobalProtect Agent for Linux and Mac OS X version 5.0.4 and earlier and version 4.1.12 and earlier, that can allow non-root us… | |
| CVE-2020-2004 | Medium (6.8) | No exploitation reported | Under certain circumstances a user's password may be logged in cleartext in the PanGPS.log diagnostic file when logs are collected for troubleshooting on GlobalProtect app (also kn… | |
| CVE-2020-1987 | Low (3.9) | No exploitation reported | An information exposure vulnerability in the logging component of Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent allows a local authenticated user to read VPN cookie information when the … | |
| CVE-2019-17435 | Medium (5.5) | No exploitation reported | A Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in the GlobalProtect Agent for Windows 5.0.3 and earlier, and GlobalProtect Agent for Windows 4.1.12 and earlier, in which the aut… | |
| CVE-2024-9473 | High (7.8) | No exploitation reported | A privilege escalation vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user to escalate their privile… | |
| CVE-2020-1976 | Medium (4.7) | No exploitation reported | A denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect software running on Mac OS allows authenticated local users to cause the Mac OS kernel to hang or crash.… | |
| CVE-2022-0017 | High (7.0) | No exploitation reported | An improper link resolution before file access ('link following') vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows that enables a local attacker to disru… | |
| CVE-2019-1573 | Low (2.5) | No exploitation reported | GlobalProtect Agent 4.1.0 for Windows and GlobalProtect Agent 4.1.10 and earlier for macOS may allow a local authenticated attacker who has compromised the end-user account and gai… | |
| CVE-2020-1989 | High (7.0) | No exploitation reported | An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability when writing application-specific files in the Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux on ARM platform allows a local auth… | |
| CVE-2022-0021 | Low (3.3) | No exploitation reported | An information exposure through log file vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows that logs the cleartext credentials of the connecting GlobalPro… | |
| CVE-2021-3038 | Medium (5.5) | No exploitation reported | A denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows systems allows a limited Windows user to send specifically-crafted input to the GlobalPro… | |
| CVE-2024-5915 | High (7.8) | No exploitation reported | A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. | |
| CVE-2020-2032 | High (7.0) | No exploitation reported | A race condition vulnerability Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a local limited Windows user to execute programs with SYSTEM privileges. This issue can be exp… | |
| CVE-2022-0016 | High (7.4) | No exploitation reported | An improper handling of exceptional conditions vulnerability exists within the Connect Before Logon feature of the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app that enables a local attacke… | |
| CVE-2023-0009 | High (7.8) | No exploitation reported | A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. | |
| CVE-2022-0019 | Medium (4.7) | No exploitation reported | An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Linux that exposes the hashed credentials of GlobalProtect users that sa… | |
| CVE-2026-0251 | High (7.8) | No exploitation reported | Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app allow a local user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows a… | |
| CVE-2024-2431 | Medium (5.5) | No exploitation reported | An issue in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app enables a non-privileged user to disable the GlobalProtect app in configurations that allow a user to disable GlobalProtect wit… | |
| CVE-2025-0120 | High (7.0) | No exploitation reported | A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app on Windows devices allows a locally authenticated non-administrative Windows user… | |
| CVE-2025-4227 | Low (3.5) | No exploitation reported | An improper access control vulnerability in the Endpoint Traffic Policy Enforcement https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/globalprotect/6-0/globalprotect-app-new-features/new-features… | |
| CVE-2025-0135 | Low (3.3) | No exploitation reported | An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on macOS devices enables a locally authenticated non administrative user to disable the… | |
| CVE-2026-0249 | Medium (6.5) | No exploitation reported | Multiple improper certificate validation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enables an attacker to intercept encrypted communications and potentially comp… | |
| CVE-2023-0006 | Medium (6.3) | No exploitation reported | A local file deletion vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices enables a user to delete system files from the endpoint with elevated privileges … | |
| CVE-2026-0267 | Medium (5.5) | No exploitation reported | An information exposure vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on macOS enables a local user to learn the configured passcodes for disabling, disconnecting, or u… |
Vulnerability data from the NVD andCISA KEV(US Government, public domain); Australian advisories fromASD’s ACSC (CC BY 4.0). Exploit-probability scores from FIRST EPSS.
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