CVE-2025-0135
📛 CVE Title
GlobalProtect App on macOS: Non Admin User Can Disable the GlobalProtect App
Description
An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on macOS devices enables a locally authenticated non administrative user to disable the app. The GlobalProtect app on Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP app are not affected.
Overview
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Assigner (CNA)
- palo_alto
- CVSS severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS score
- 5.2 / 10
- CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber- Effective score
- 5.2 / 10 MEDIUM source: CNA overview
- CWE(s)
-
CWE-266 - Reserved
- 2024-12-20
- Published
- 2025-05-14 18:08 UTC
- Last updated
- 2025-05-14 20:50 UTC
- Source
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2025/0xxx/CVE-2025-0135.json
NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0
Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.
- NVD published
- 2025-05-14 19:15:51 UTC
- NVD last modified
- 2025-06-27 16:50:37 UTC
- NVD CVSS v3.1
- 3.3 / 10 LOW source: nvd@nist.gov
- NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L- Exploitability subscore
- 1.8 / 10
- Impact subscore
- 1.4 / 10
- EPSS score
- 0.0023 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
- EPSS percentile
- 45.43% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-05-24
NVD / KEV / EPSS data refreshed 2026-05-25 05:59 UTC. Re-run the 🛰 Backfill from NVD button above to refresh.
European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD
ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.
- EUVD ID
-
EUVD-2025-14906 - Assigner
- palo_alto
- Published
- May 14, 2025, 6:08:32 PM
- Updated
- May 14, 2025, 8:50:20 PM
- EUVD base score (CVSS 4.0)
-
5.2 / 10
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber - EUVD-reported EPSS
- 0.2300
- Vendors
- Palo Alto Networks
- Products
-
GlobalProtect UWP AppGlobalProtect App (6.2.0 <6.2.8)GlobalProtect App (6.1.0)GlobalProtect App (6.3.0 <6.3.3)GlobalProtect AppGlobalProtect App (6.0.0)
- Aliases
-
GHSA-74m8-698c-prjf
ENISA description: An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on macOS devices enables a locally authenticated non administrative user to disable the app. The GlobalProtect app on Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP app are not affected.
EUVD references (1)
Affected products (3)
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks | GlobalProtect App |
6.3.0 (affected),
6.2.0 (affected),
6.1.0 (affected),
6.0.0 (affected)
|
macOS |
| Palo Alto Networks | GlobalProtect App |
All (unaffected)
|
Android, Chrome OS, iOS, Windows, Linux |
| Palo Alto Networks | GlobalProtect UWP App |
All (unaffected)
|
— |
Affected products — CPE 2.3 (1) NVD
NVD's normalized CPE 2.3 matchers, used by vendor tools (vulnerability scanners, asset managers) for automated detection. Compare with the CNA's free-text "Affected products" section above.
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
Vendor references (1)
References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0135 vendor-advisory
MITRE references (1) cveawg.mitre.org
Pulled from MITRE's CVE Services API by the 🛰 Backfill from MITRE button.
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0135 vendor-advisory
Web references (5)
DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.
- http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/266.html rapid7:cwe.mitre.org
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-0135 rapid7:attackerkb.com
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-14906 rapid7:euvd.enisa.europa.eu
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/json/CVE-2025-0135 rapid7:security.paloaltonetworks.com
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0135 rapid7:www.cve.org
NVD-tagged references (1)
Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0135 psirt@paloaltonetworks.com Vendor Advisory
Remediations (10)
-
web:gbhackers.com
Microsoft has released its September 2025 Patch Tuesday update, addressing a total of 81 security vulnerabilities across its product portfolio.
2026-05-23 21:17 UTC -
web:isc.sans.edu
Microsoft Patch Tuesday October 2025 , Author: Johannes Ullrich
2026-05-23 21:17 UTC -
web:krebsonsecurity.com
October's Patch Tuesday also marks the final month that Microsoft will ship security updates for Windows 10 systems.
2026-05-23 21:17 UTC -
web:petri.com
Microsoft's September 2025 Patch Tuesday updates deliver fixes for 80 vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, Azure, and more.
2026-05-23 21:17 UTC -
web:portal.msrc.microsoft.com
The Security Update Guide provides information on the latest Microsoft security updates, helping users understand and address potential vulnerabilities effectively.
2026-05-23 21:17 UTC -
web:www.bleepingcomputer.com
Today is Microsoft's January 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 159 flaws, including eight zero-day vulnerabilities, with three actively exploited in attacks.
2026-05-23 21:17 UTC -
web:www.csoonline.com
Forty-one of them were zero days, and researchers at Tenable estimate that elevation of privilege vulnerabilities accounted for about 38.3% of all Patch Tuesday vulnerabilities in 2025 , followed ...
2026-05-23 21:17 UTC -
web:www.lansweeper.com
The October 2025 edition of Patch Tuesday brings us 173 new fixes, with 9 rated as critical, 3 of which are actively exploited. We've listed the most important changes below. Windows Agere Modem Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE - 2025 -24990 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability that has been actively exploited.
2026-05-23 21:17 UTC -
web:www.oracle.com
This Critical Patch Update contains 318 new security patches across the product families listed below. Please note that an MOS note summarizing the content of this Critical Patch Update and other Oracle Software Security Assurance activities is located at January 2025 Critical Patch Update: Executive Summary and Analysis.
2026-05-23 21:17 UTC -
web:www.tenable.com
Key takeaways: Microsoft's 2025 Patch Tuesday releases addressed 1,130 CVEs . This is the second year in a row where the CVE count was over 1,000. Elevation of Privilege vulnerabilities accounted for 38.3% of all Patch Tuesday vulnerabilities in 2025 , followed by Remote Code Execution flaws at 30.8%. 41 zero-day vulnerabilities were addressed across all Patch Tuesday releases in 2025 , including ...
2026-05-23 21:17 UTC
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