Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability in Netskope Client_CVE-2025-5941

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LOW

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

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-5941

Source Netskope

Published Aug 14, 2025 at 04:34

Affected Product

Vendor Netskope

Product Netskope Client

Affected Versions Netskope Netskope Client 0

CWE Classification

CWE-125

References

www.netskope.com /company/security-compliance-and-assurance/security-advisories-and-disclosures/netskope-security-advisory-nskpsa-2025-001

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