CVE-2023-0009

GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: June 14, 2023 at 04:31 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:24 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorGlobalProtect

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

GlobalProtect · Palo Alto Networks

95%

v < 5.2.135.2 ≤ v < 5.2.136.0 ≤ v < 6.0.56.0.0 ≤ v < 6.0.56.1 ≤ v < 6.1.15.2 6.0 6.1 6.1.0

Affected range stops below 5.2.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.0.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0009

References (1)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-0009

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHpalo_alto

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-807NVD-CWE-noinfo

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