High Memory corruption

CVE-2026-0250 — GlobalProtect App: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability during connection to Portal or Gateway

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app that enables a man in the middle attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. This vulnerability is triggered during the processing of requests and responses exchanged between Portal and Gateway. The GlobalProtect app on iOS is not affected.

Published May 13, 2026 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: palo_alto

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 0.4% (30-day exploitation probability)+5
Technical severity (high)+6

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

0.39%

ahead of 32% of scored CVEs · Oct 15, 2026

Affects

Palo Alto Networks

Globalprotect and 2 more

CVSS base

8.1

High · 3 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Total

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Palo Alto Networks Globalprotect, Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App, Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect UWP App).
The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (memory corruption), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Palo Alto Networks	Globalprotect	version 6.3.3-h4version 6.3.3version 6.3.3-h1version 6.3.3-h2version 6.3.3-h3≥ 6.0.0 and < 6.0.13version 6.3.3-h6version 6.3.3-h7 and 11 more version 6.3.3-h8version 6.3.3-h9≥ 6.0.0 and < 6.0.12≥ 6.0.0 and < 6.0.15≥ 6.1.0 and < 6.1.14≥ 6.2.0 and < 6.2.8≥ 6.3.0 and < 6.3.3≥ 6.3.0 and < 6.3.4version 6.2.8-h7version 6.2.8-h1version 6.2.8	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect App	≥ 6.3.0 and < 6.3.3-h9 (6.3.3-999)≥ 6.2.0 and < 6.2.8-h10 (6.2.8-948)≥ 6.1 and < 6.1.13≥ 6.3.0 and < 6.3.3-h2 (6.3.3-42)≥ 6.0.0 and < 6.0.11≥ 6.0 and < 6.0.13≥ 6.0 and < 6.0.14	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect UWP App	≥ 6.3 and < 6.3.3-h10	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

High

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
5.2	CVSS 4.0	Medium	—	—	psirt@paloaltonetworks.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
5.2	CVSS 4.0	Medium	—	—	palo_alto via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
8.1	CVSS 3.1	High	2.2	5.9	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 15, 2026 · 3 reading(s) · max 0.39%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
Correlate service crashes/restarts with inbound traffic; repeated crashes may indicate attempts.

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPSendpoint telemetry (EDR)crash dumps

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · palo alto networks/globalprotect app, palo alto networks/globalprotect uwp app
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
CVSS changed · 8.1
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Analyzed
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVE published
May 13, 2026 · palo_alto

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

1 on the record

security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0250
Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Palo Alto Networks
every CVE for this vendor

Memory corruption
same class

CWE-787
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

Medium CVE-2026-0314 GlobalProtect App: Local Denial of Service (DoS) on Windows 1d
Medium CVE-2026-0315 GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability on macOS 1d
Medium CVE-2026-0307 GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities Sep 10, 2026
High CVE-2026-0297 GlobalProtect App: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability during UDP Tunnel Handshake Aug 13, 2026
High CVE-2026-0298 GlobalProtect App: Code Execution Vulnerability in Windows Pre-Logon Access Provider (PLAP) Aug 13, 2026
High CVE-2026-0299 GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities Aug 13, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-0250 is "GlobalProtect App: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability during connection to Portal or Gateway", rated High. It affects Globalprotect (Palo Alto Networks); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 8.1 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.39% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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