CVE•Published 2026-05-13•Modified 2026-05-14•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-0251
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
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EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
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 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, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP app are not affected.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-13
Modified 2026-05-14
External references
Search for exposed instances
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-0251Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-0251Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-0251Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-0251GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-0251" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-0251 on GitHub.
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