CVE-2026-0296: medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App
GlobalProtect App: Improper Certificate Validation Bypass Vulnerability
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 4.5epss 0.3%
Improper certificate validation vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app enable an unauthenticated attacker with man-in-the-middle (MitM) access to intercept and modify application communications. VPN tunnel traffic is not impacted.
The GlobalProtect app on iOS, Android, and Chrome OS is not affected.
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
Affected products
Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect AppRelated CVEs — Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2024-5921MEDIUMGlobalProtect App: Insufficient Certificate Validation Leads to Privilege EscalationEPSS 1.5%CVE-2021-3057HIGHGlobalProtect App: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability When Connecting to Portal or GatewayEPSS 1.4%CVE-2020-2033MEDIUMGlobalProtect App: Missing certificate validation vulnerability can disclose pre-logon authentication cookieEPSS 0.9%CVE-2022-0018MEDIUMGlobalProtect App: Information Exposure Vulnerability When Connecting to GlobalProtect Portal With Single Sign-On EnabledEPSS 0.7%CVE-2026-0298MEDIUMGlobalProtect App: Code Execution Vulnerability in Windows Pre-Logon Access Provider (PLAP)EPSS 0.7%CVE-2026-0297MEDIUMGlobalProtect App: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability during UDP Tunnel HandshakeEPSS 0.6%