CVE-2025-0118 GlobalProtect App: Execution of Unsafe ActiveX Control Vulnerability
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 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.
🎯 Affected products2
- GlobalProtect App
- GlobalProtect UWP App
✅ Remediation
The issue is addressed by hardening the browser embedded in GlobalProtect app to disallow ActiveX plugins. This security enhancement is implemented in patched versions of the GlobalProtect app, so upgrading resolves the issue. VERSION SUGGESTED SOLUTION GlobalProtect App 6.3 on Windows Upgrade to 6.3.3 or later GlobalProtect App 6.2 on Windows Upgrade to 6.2.5 or later GlobalProtect App 6.1 on Windows Upgrade to 6.1.6 or later GlobalProtect App 6.0 on Windows Upgrade to 6.0.11 or later GlobalProtect App on macOS No action needed GlobalProtect App on Linux No action needed GlobalProtect App on iOS No action needed GlobalProtect App on Android No action needed GlobalProtect UWP App No action needed Workarounds and mitigations: You can mitigate this issue by using a different form of authentication for the GlobalProtect portal such as Client Certificate Authentication, RADIUS, TACACS+, LDAP, or Kerberos. You can find information about configuring authentication for the GlobalProtect portal in this documentation (https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/11-1/pan-os-web-interface-help/globalprotect/network-globalprotect-portals/globalprotect-portals-authentication-configuration-tab).