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CVE-2019-17436

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

A Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in GlobalProtect Agent for Linux and Mac OS X version 5.0.4 and earlier and version 4.1.12 and earlier, that can allow non-root users to overwrite root files on the file system.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App: through 5.0.4; through 4.1.12
• Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App: through 5.0.4; through 4.1.12

References

• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-17436
• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-17436

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