What is CVE-2026-0295?

CVE-2026-0295 is GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation via Race Condition on macOS. The supplied enrichment data classifies it as Privilege Esc mapped to CWE-362 CWE-362.

Which versions are affected?

Affected product and version evidence is listed in the product table above. Current public advisories should be checked for exact version scope before patch targeting is finalized.

Is there active exploitation?

Active exploitation is not confirmed from current sources for CVE-2026-0295. If exploitation is not confirmed from current sources, teams should document that status and continue monitoring KEV, vendor, and telemetry updates.

No. CVE-2026-0295 is not listed in CISA KEV in the supplied enrichment data. KEV status should be monitored because it can change after initial disclosure or after exploitation becomes publicly confirmed.

Is there a public exploit?

4 public PoC repositories reported; 0 marked weaponized in current dataset. Public exploit or PoC availability should raise triage priority, especially for exposed or business-critical systems.

How can defenders detect it?

Start with EDR process telemetry, host service logs where available. Look for vulnerability-class behavior, product errors, suspicious authentication events, exploit probes, and abnormal process activity based only on evidence that applies to the affected product.

How should teams prioritize it?

Prioritize CVE-2026-0295 using CVSS 4.1, EPSS 0%, KEV status, public PoC status, and asset exposure. Internet-facing, privileged, or business-critical deployments should be handled first.

Are workarounds available?

Workarounds are not confirmed from current sources. Fixed-version evidence is listed in the mitigation section above.

Which threat actors are linked publicly?

No public threat actor linkage is confirmed from current sources. Do not attribute exploitation to a threat actor unless the source evidence explicitly supports that linkage.

What should be done in the next 24 hours?

Identify exposed assets running affected vendor/product/version combinations. Prioritize based on EPSS, PoC availability, and external exposure. Search available logs for exploit probes, errors, authentication anomalies, or suspicious child processes matching the vulnerability class. Open remediation tickets with affected assets, owners, evidence status, and detection coverage so decisions are traceable.

mediumPrivilege Escpublic exploit

CVE-2026-0295

CVE-2026-0295 — GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation via Race Condition on macOS

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.

Published Aug 13, 2026Updated Aug 13, 2026Sources: NVD, Palo Alto Networks (CNA), GitHub, GitHub Security Advisory, SOCRadar CTI

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.

Exploitation

Exploit code

public exploit, none observed

EPSS

ahead of 0% of scored CVEs

Affects

Palo Alto

4 products listed

CVSS base

4.1

medium

Remediation

The vendor's own words where we have them.

VERSION MINOR VERSION SUGGESTED SOLUTION GlobalProtect App 6.3 on macOS 6.3.0 through 6.3.3-h13 Upgrade to 6.3.3-h14 (6.3.3-1121) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.2 on macOS 6.2.0 through 6.2.8-h12 Upgrade to 6.2.8-h13 (6.2.8-1045) or later. GlobalProtect App 6.0 on macOS 6.0.0 through 6.0.14 Upgrade to 6.0.15 or later. GlobalProtect App on Linux No action needed. GlobalProtect App on Windows No action needed. GlobalProtect App on iOS No action needed. GlobalProtect App on Android No action needed. GlobalProtect App on Chrome OS No action needed.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record's own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found.

Identify exposed assets running affected vendor/product/version combinations.
Prioritize based on EPSS, PoC availability, and external exposure.
Search available logs for exploit probes, errors, authentication anomalies, or suspicious child processes matching the vulnerability class.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and version as the advisories word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
Palo Alto	GlobalProtect App	6.3.0 to < 6.3.3-h14 (6.3.3-1121)	Vulnerable
Palo Alto	GlobalProtect App	6.2.0 to < 6.2.8-h13 (6.2.8-1045)	Vulnerable
Palo Alto	GlobalProtect App	6.0.0 to < 6.0.15	Vulnerable
Palo Alto	GlobalProtect App	All	Patched

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Source
4.1	CVSS 4.0	medium	—	—	Palo Alto Networks (CNA)

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

What this weakness leads to

MITRE's own consequences and mitigations for the weakness class — the authority's wording, not guidance derived from the CVSS vector.

MITRE

CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)
DoS: Resource Consumption (Memory)
DoS: Resource Consumption (Other)
DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

Mitigation: In languages that support it, use synchronization primitives. Only wrap these around critical code to minimize the impact on performance.

Weakness & attack patterns

CWE-362

Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.

CAPEC-26 · Leveraging Race ConditionsCAPEC-29 · Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions

Public exploit

Capability, not use: code existing is a different claim from anyone running it.

Repositories

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.

Review endpoint telemetry for service binary replacement, suspicious service launches, or privilege changes tied to the affected agent.
Monitor for scanner or exploit-pattern traffic after 4 public PoC repositories were reported.

EDR process telemetryhost service logs

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first — with the readings a source repeats on a schedule counted underneath rather than listed.

2026
Added · CVSS 3.1 4.1
Aug 13, 2026 · NVD
Initial · CVE published
Aug 13, 2026 · NVD
Added · GHSA-c668-xghx-7pj9 published (medium)
Aug 13, 2026 · GitHub Security Advisory
Reported · Initial Publication
Aug 12, 2026 · Palo Alto Networks

References

3 on the record

security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0295
Vendor Advisory
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0295
NVD
github.com/advisories/GHSA-c668-xghx-7pj9
Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Coverage

2 stories from the feeds we poll

Elsewhere on this site

Palo Altoevery CVE for this vendor
Privilege Escsame class
CWE-362other pages naming this weakness

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record1

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-0295 is GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation via Race Condition on macOS, a medium vulnerability affecting GlobalProtect App from Palo Alto Networks. The current evidence does not list it in CISA KEV, and the exploit status is: Active exploitation is not confirmed from current sources for CVE-2026-0295. Public exploit evidence is: 4 public PoC repositories reported; 0 marked weaponized in current dataset. The affected-version evidence is listed in the key facts and affected products tables. Defenders should first verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run those versions, then apply vendor patches or mitigations, restrict reachable attack surface, and preserve logs for detection review. CVSS 4.1 describes technical severity, while EPSS 0% helps estimate near-term exploit likelihood; neither replaces asset context. Unknown fields should remain explicit in tickets, and threat actor, IOC, victimology, or payload claims should not be added unless a cited source supports them. Monitor CISA KEV, vendor advisories, NVD changes, public PoC repositories, and internal telemetry for update triggers.