CVE-2026-0251

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This enables a non-administrative user to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges.\n\nThe GlobalProtect app on iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP app are not affected."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "M\u00faltiples vulnerabilidades locales de escalada de privilegios en la aplicaci\u00f3n GlobalProtect\u2122 de Palo Alto Networks permiten a un usuario local escalar sus privilegios a NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM en Windows y a root en macOS y Linux. Esto permite a un usuario no administrativo ejecutar comandos arbitrarios con privilegios administrativos.\n\nLa aplicaci\u00f3n GlobalProtect en iOS, Android, Chrome OS y la aplicaci\u00f3n GlobalProtect UWP no se ven afectadas."}], "lastModified": "2026-10-26T14:10:00.130", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "8277CB05-B6EE-4051-A5D1-BC33C0C3A3B0", "versionEndExcluding": "6.0.11", "versionStartIncluding": "6.0.0"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "821399ED-2A5C-4684-841D-BE489E85FB72", "versionEndExcluding": "6.0.13", "versionStartIncluding": "6.0.0"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "518C5EB1-B8A3-4B05-B727-47EA7B1FE513", "versionEndExcluding": "6.0.13", 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