Netskope is notified about a potential gap in its agent (NS Client) in which a malicious actor could trigger a memory leak by sending a crafted DNS packet to a machine. A successful exploitation may require administrative privileges on the machine, based on the exact configuration. A successful exploit can potentially result in user-controllable memory being leaked in a domain name stored on the local machine.
History

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Netskope
Netskope netskope
Vendors & Products Netskope
Netskope netskope

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Description Netskope is notified about a potential gap in its agent (NS Client) in which a malicious actor could trigger a memory leak by sending a crafted DNS packet to a machine. A successful exploitation may require administrative privileges on the machine, based on the exact configuration. A successful exploit can potentially result in user-controllable memory being leaked in a domain name stored on the local machine.
Title Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability in Netskope Client
Weaknesses CWE-125
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Netskope

Published: 2025-08-14T04:34:43.106Z

Updated: 2025-08-15T12:58:34.161Z

Reserved: 2025-06-09T16:38:39.177Z

Link: CVE-2025-5941

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-15T12:27:54.383Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-14T05:15:26.827

Modified: 2025-08-14T13:11:53.633

Link: CVE-2025-5941

cve-icon Redhat

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