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Description

An improper neutralization of wildcards vulnerability in the log collection feature of Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app on macOS allows a non administrative user to escalate their privileges to root.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-05-02 | Published 2025-06-12 | Updated 2026-02-26 | Assigner palo_alto




HIGH: 8.5CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Problem types

CWE-155: Improper Neutralization of Wildcards or Matching Symbols

Product status

Default status
unaffected

6.3 (custom) before 6.3.3
affected

6.2.0 (custom) before 6.2.8-h2
affected

6.1.0 (custom)
affected

6.0.0 (custom)
affected

Default status
unaffected

All (custom)
unaffected

Timeline

2025-06-11:Initial Publication

Credits

Rutger Flohil finder

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-4232 vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2025-4232)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-4232)

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