What is GHSA-v8f9-pq46-34r9?

GHSA-v8f9-pq46-34r9 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enable a...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-v8f9-pq46-34r9 cover?

GHSA-v8f9-pq46-34r9 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-0299. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

GHSA-v8f9-pq46-34r9Medium

Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enable a...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0299
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0299
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v8f9-pq46-34r9