CVE-2025-0118

GlobalProtect App: Execution of Unsafe ActiveX Control Vulnerability

At a glance

Severity: MEDIUM 6.0
EPSS: EPSS 0.46 % · percentile 39 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2025-03-12
Updated: 2025-03-12
Assigner: palo_alto
NVD status: Analyzed

Description

A vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows allows a remote attacker to run ActiveX controls within the context of an authenticated Windows user. This enables the attacker to run commands as if they are a legitimate authenticated user. However, to exploit this vulnerability, the authenticated user must navigate to a malicious page during the GlobalProtect SAML login process on a Windows device. This issue does not apply to the GlobalProtect app on other (non-Windows) platforms.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 4.0	MEDIUM 6.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber	palo_alto
CVSS 4.0	MEDIUM 6.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber	NVD · psirt@paloaltonetworks.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-618

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-7352
GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-0118

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2025-AVI-0204 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Palo Alto Networks · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* ≥ 6.0.0 < 6.0.11
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* ≥ 6.1.0 < 6.1.6
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* ≥ 6.2.0 < 6.2.5
cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* ≥ 6.3.0 < 6.3.3

Affected products

Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect App	unaffected 6.3.0 < 6.3.3 ; affected 6.2.0 < 6.2.5 ; affected 6.1.0 < 6.1.6 ; affected 6.0.0 < 6.0.11
Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect App	unaffected All < 6.3.3
Palo Alto Networks · GlobalProtect UWP App	unaffected All

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0118

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD