---
id: CVE-2026-0327
title: 'PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in GlobalProtect'
summary: >-
  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 NGF…
severity: low
cvss: 2.3
cvssVector: >-
  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-426
vendor: Palo Alto Networks
product: Cloud NGFW
affected:
  - cloud_ngfw
  - PAN-OS >= 12.2.0 < 12.2.4-h2
  - PAN-OS >= 12.1.0 < 12.1.10-h4
  - PAN-OS >= 11.2.0 < 11.2.16-h2
  - PAN-OS >= 11.1.0 < 11.1.16-h5
  - prisma_access >= 12.1.0 < 12.1.10-h4
  - prisma_access 11.2.0
published: '2026-11-11'
updated: '2026-11-11'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-11T19:48:39.698Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0327'
references:
  - url: 'https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0327'
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-11-11T20:20:43.495Z'
epss: 0.00366
epssPercentile: 0.30875
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `cloud_ngfw`
- `PAN-OS >= 12.2.0 < 12.2.4-h2`
- `PAN-OS >= 12.1.0 < 12.1.10-h4`
- `PAN-OS >= 11.2.0 < 11.2.16-h2`
- `PAN-OS >= 11.1.0 < 11.1.16-h5`
- `prisma_access >= 12.1.0 < 12.1.10-h4`
- `prisma_access 11.2.0`

## Remediation

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.

### Workarounds

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.