CVE-2024-2432

GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

HIGH

CVSS Score

Published: March 13, 2024 at 05:51 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:24 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorGlobalProtect

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Severity

HIGH7

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. However, execution requires that the local user is able to successfully exploit a race condition.

Affected

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

GlobalProtect · Palo Alto Networks

95%

5.1 ≤ v < 5.1.125.1.0 ≤ v < 5.1.126.0 ≤ v < 6.0.86.0.0 ≤ v < 6.0.86.1 ≤ v < 6.1.26.1.0 ≤ v < 6.1.26.2 ≤ v < 6.2.15.1 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.2.0

Affected range stops below 5.1.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.0.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

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-2024-2432

References (1)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-2432

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

7HIGH[email protected]

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

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-269NVD-CWE-noinfo

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