# CVE-2025-0135: GlobalProtect App on macOS: Non Admin User Can Disable the GlobalProtect App

> A local non-admin user can disable the GlobalProtect VPN app on macOS, bypassing security controls.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.2 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 May 2025
- **Updated:** 14 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-74m8-698c-prjf

## What is CVE-2025-0135?

CVE-2025-0135 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App, published on 14 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on macOS devices enables a locally authenticated non administrative user to disable the app.

The GlobalProtect app on Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP app are not affected.

Weakness: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0135?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Paloaltonetworks Globalprotect.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-0135?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0135 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-0135 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0135 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App

- [CVE-2025-4232](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4232/): GlobalProtect: Authenticated Code Injection Through Wildcard on macOS (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2021-3057](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3057/): GlobalProtect App: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability When Connecting to Portal or Gateway (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-0009](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0009/): GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-0016](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0016/): GlobalProtect App: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability When Using Connect Before Logon (high 7.4)
- [CVE-2025-0120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0120/): GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-0135 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-0135 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App, published on 14 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0135 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0135/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0135/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0135
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0135
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0135

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0135/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.