CVE-2025-2179

GlobalProtect App: Non Admin User Can Disable the GlobalProtect App

State: Published
Severity: 6.8 Medium
Published: Jul 29, 2025
Updated: Jul 29, 2025
Reserved: Mar 10, 2025

Description

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on Linux devices enables a locally authenticated non administrative user to disable the app even if the GlobalProtect app configuration would not normally permit them to do so.

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

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	6.8 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber	palo_alto

Weaknesses

CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Affected Products

Product	Versions
GlobalProtect AppPalo Alto Networks	6.2.0 to before 6.2.9Affectedfrom 6.2.9Not affected 6.1.0Affected 6.0.0Affected
GlobalProtect AppPalo Alto Networks	AllNot affected
GlobalProtect UWP AppPalo Alto Networks	AllNot affected

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-2179vendor-advisory

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