CVE-2026-0298 PUBLISHED

GlobalProtect App: Code Execution Vulnerability in Windows Pre-Logon Access Provider (PLAP)

Assigner: palo_alto
Reserved: 03.11.2025 Published: 13.08.2026 Updated: 13.08.2026

An improper input validation vulnerability exists in the Windows Pre-Logon Access Provider (PLAP) component of the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app on Windows devices which enables a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacker to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges on an affected client.

The GlobalProtect app on Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, and Chrome OS is not affected.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
CVSS Score: 5.2

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Adjacent	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	Low
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	Present	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	Palo Alto Networks
Product	GlobalProtect App
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 6.3.0 to 6.3.3-h14 (excl.) affected from 6.2.0 to 6.2.8-h13 (excl.) affected from 6.0.0 to 6.0.15 (excl.)

Vendor	Palo Alto Networks
Product	GlobalProtect App
Versions	Default: unaffected Version All is unaffected

Exploits

Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.

Credits

our internal security research teams finder

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0298

Problem Types

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-242 Code Injection