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GlobalProtect App: Non Admin User Can Disable the GlobalProtect App (Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App)

CVE-2025-2179
MEDIUM 6.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.15 % · percentile 4 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
palo_alto
NVD status
Deferred

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Description

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtectâ„¢ 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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.8CVSS: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:Amberpalo_alto
CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:AmberNVD · psirt@paloaltonetworks.com (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect Appaffected 6.2.0 < 6.2.9 ; affected 6.1.0 ; affected 6.0.0
Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect Appunaffected All
Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect UWP Appunaffected All

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD