CVE-2025-0139
Autonomous Digital Experience Manager: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Autonomous Digital Experience Manager: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-0139- CVSS 4.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-20881
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-20881- CVSS 4.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hrgc-cvjx-7mfp
An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Autonomous Digital...
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.
- Record
GHSA-hrgc-cvjx-7mfp- CVSS 4.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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 - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-0139- CVSS 4.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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 - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-0139 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Palo Alto Networks Autonomous Digital Experience Manager, published July 9, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.15%, the 4th percentile. No source names a fixed version.