CVE-2026-0250

Published May 13, 2026

Last updated 2 months ago

CVSS medium 5.2
Tunneling protocol

Overview

Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app that enables a man in the middle attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. This vulnerability is triggered during the processing of requests and responses exchanged between Portal and Gateway. The GlobalProtect app on iOS is not affected.
Source
psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
globalprotect

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

Type
Secondary
Base score
5.2
Impact score
-
Exploitability score
-
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/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:Amber
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
8.1
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
2.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
CWE-787

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.