Description

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on macOS devices enables a locally authenticated non administrative user to disable the app.

The GlobalProtect app on Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP app are not affected.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-0135

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.2

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

Affected Products

Vendor: Palo Alto Networks

Product: GlobalProtect App, GlobalProtect UWP App

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 1.78% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-12 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0135
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0135

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