CVE-2026-0327: PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in GlobalProtect

Is it exploited?

Not on CISA's list. CISA has not added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 10 Nov 2026. If CISA adds it, this page shows it as known exploited.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?

0.4%

EPSS score, percentile 30.9 of all scored records. A probability estimated by FIRST, not a report of exploitation.

How severe?

2.3 Low

CVSS v4.0 base score, given by the CNA

What should I do?

VERSION MINOR VERSION SUGGESTED SOLUTION Cloud NGFW No action needed. Full textSolution from the CVE record.

CISA has set no required action, because the vulnerability is not in KEV.

Advisories and patches (1)

Which versions are affected?

Affected

• from 12.2.0 to before 12.2.4-h2
• from 12.1.0 to before 12.1.10-h4
• from 11.2.0 to before 11.2.16-h2
• from 11.1.0 to before 11.1.16-h5
• from 12.1.0 to before 12.1.10-h4
• 11.2.0

Unaffected All; from 12.2.4-h2; from 12.1.10-h4; from 11.2.16-h2; from 11.1.16-h5; from 12.1.10-h4

Versions by product

Source: CISA KEV 2026.11.10, as of 10 Nov 2026; FIRST EPSS, as of 12 Nov 2026; CVE List, as of 12 Nov 2026. About the data.

Description

PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in GlobalProtect

A privilege escalation vulnerability in the GlobalProtect gateway of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables an authenticated, lower-privileged user to obtain the privileges and configuration of a higher-privileged user. Cloud NGFW and Panorama are not affected by this vulnerability.

Source: CVE List, as of 12 Nov 2026. About the data.

What to do

Advisories and patches

• security.paloaltonetworks.com (Vendor advisory)

Solution (from the CVE record)

VERSION MINOR VERSION SUGGESTED SOLUTION Cloud NGFW No action needed. PAN-OS 12.2 12.2.0 through 12.2.4-h* Upgrade to 12.2.4-h2 or later. PAN-OS 12.1 12.1.2 through 12.1.10-h* Upgrade to 12.1.10-h4 or later. PAN-OS 11.2 11.2.0 through 11.2.16-h* Upgrade to 11.2.16-h2 or later. PAN-OS 11.1 11.1.0 through 11.1.16-h* Upgrade to 11.1.16-h5 or later. All older Upgrade to a supported fixed version. unsupported PAN-OS versions Prisma Access 12.1 12.1.2 through 12.1.10-h* Upgrade to 12.1.10-h4 or later. Prisma Access 11.2 Upgrade to 12.1.10-h4 or later. * See the note under Product Status for information regarding Prisma Access upgrades.

Workaround (from the CVE record)

Customers can mitigate the risk of this issue by taking the following actions: 1. Navigate to Network > GlobalProtect > Gateways (https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/ngfw/help/10-2/globalprotect/network-globalprotect-gateways) in the management interface. 2. Click on your Gateway Name and go to the Authentication tab. 3. Under Client Authentication, select your existing client authentication configuration. 4. Change the Authentication Profile to a non-challenge profile (such as SAML), or assign a Certificate Profile to enforce client certificate authentication. 5. Click OK and Commit the changes.

This summary is based on the CVE record as of 12 Nov 2026. Check the vendor's advisory before you act: affected versions and fixes can change.

Affected products and versions

Source: CVE List, as of 12 Nov 2026. About the data.

Timeline

Known exploited Palo Alto Networks vulnerabilities

• CVE-2026-0322: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Code Injection Vulnerability (added 14 Oct 2026)
• CVE-2026-0257: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (added 29 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-0300: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability (added 6 May 2026)
• CVE-2025-0111: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS File Read Vulnerability (added 20 Feb 2025)
• CVE-2025-0108: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (added 18 Feb 2025)