CVE-2025-0139 Autonomous Digital Experience Manager: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
A local low-privileged user on macOS can escalate privileges to root due to incorrect privilege assignment in the Palo Alto Networks Autonomous Digital Experience Manager.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-0139?
CVE-2025-0139 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Autonomous Digital Experience Manager, published on 9 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Autonomous Digital Experience Manager allows a locally authenticated low privileged user on macOS endpoints to escalate their privileges to root.
Weakness: CWE-266
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0139?
How do I fix CVE-2025-0139?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0139 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-0139 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0139 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hrgc-cvjx-7mfp.