CVE-2026-0299

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.95.9
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.9 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 91% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
5.9
EG Score
5.9(medium)
EG Risk
27(Track)
EG Risk 27/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity59% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 18, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 13, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

CVE-2026-0299 GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0299

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-0299(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 28× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-19 16:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-18 15:33 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-18 15:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-17 16:52 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-17 16:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-16 16:15 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-16 16:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-15 15:38 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-15 15:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-14 15:00 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-14 15:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-13 14:23 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-13 14:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-13 13:55 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-13 13:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-13 05:19 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-13 05:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-13 04:21 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-13 04:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-13 03:18 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-13 02:41 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-13 02:40 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-0299?
CVE-2026-0299 is a medium vulnerability published on August 13, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-0299 disclosed?
CVE-2026-0299 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 13, 2026, with the most recent update on August 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-0299 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-0299 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 90.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-0299?
CVE-2026-0299 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-0299?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-0299, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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