GlobalProtect App: Passwords may be logged in clear text while collecting troubleshooting logs

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• paloaltonetworks globalprotect5.0.0 and later · before 5.0.9
• paloaltonetworks globalprotect5.1.0 and later · before 5.1.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (palo_alto). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App

  • 5.0 and later · before 5.0.9affected
  • 5.1 and later · before 5.1.2affected
  • 5.0.9 and later · before 5.0*not affected
  • 5.1.2 and later · before 5.1*not affected

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2025-4232GlobalProtect: Authenticated Code Injection Through Wildcard on macOS
  34Monitor
• CVE-2021-3057GlobalProtect App: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability When Connecting to Portal or Gateway
  32Monitor
• CVE-2023-0009GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
  31Monitor
• CVE-2022-0017GlobalProtect App: Improper Link Resolution Vulnerability Leads to Local Privilege Escalation
  31Monitor
• CVE-2022-0016GlobalProtect App: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability When Using Connect Before Logon
  31Monitor
• CVE-2020-1989Global Protect Agent: Incorrect privilege assignment allows local privilege escalation
  31Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.