CVE-2026-0298

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

State: Published
Severity: 5.2 Medium
Published: Aug 13, 2026
Updated: Aug 13, 2026
Reserved: Nov 3, 2025

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	5.2 Medium	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	palo_alto

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

Product	Versions
GlobalProtect AppPalo Alto Networks	6.3.0 to before 6.3.3-h14Affectedfrom 6.3.3-h14Not affected 6.2.0 to before 6.2.8-h13Affectedfrom 6.2.8-h13Not affected 6.0.0 to before 6.0.15Affectedfrom 6.0.15Not affected
GlobalProtect AppPalo Alto Networks	AllNot affected

References

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

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