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CVE-2025-4232

GlobalProtect: Authenticated Code Injection Through Wildcard on macOS

State
Published
Severity
8.5 High
Published
Jun 12, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Reserved
May 2, 2025

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Description

An improper neutralization of wildcards vulnerability in the log collection feature of Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app on macOS allows a non administrative user to escalate their privileges to root.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.08.5 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amberpalo_alto

Weaknesses

  • CWE-155 Improper Neutralization of Wildcards or Matching Symbols

Affected Products

ProductVersions
GlobalProtect AppPalo Alto Networks
  • 6.3 to before 6.3.3Affectedfrom 6.3.3Not affected
  • 6.2.0 to before 6.2.8-h2Affectedfrom 6.2.8-h2Not affected
  • 6.1.0Affected
  • 6.0.0Affected
GlobalProtect AppPalo Alto Networks
  • AllNot affected

References

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