CVE-2025-2179 | THREATINT

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Description

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on Linux devices enables a locally authenticated non administrative user to disable the app even if the GlobalProtect app configuration would not normally permit them to do so. The GlobalProtect app on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP app are not affected.

Reserved 2025-03-10 | Published 2025-07-29 | Updated 2025-07-29 | Assigner palo_alto

MEDIUM: 6.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Problem types

CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Product status

Default status

unaffected

6.2.0 before 6.2.9

affected

6.1.0

affected

6.0.0

affected

Default status

unaffected

All

unaffected

Default status

unaffected

All

unaffected

Timeline

2025-07-28:

Initial Publication

Credits

Alex Bourla finder

Graham Brereton (graham.brereton@form3.tech) finder

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-2179 vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2025-2179)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-2179)

Download JSON

https://cve.threatint.eu/CVE/CVE-2025-2179

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