CVE-2019-17436

7.1 highEPSS 0.3%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.1 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 23% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2019-10-16
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

paloaltonetworks:globalprotect

References

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

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