Netskope Client Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Controls
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Netskope was notified about a potential gap in its Netskope Client for Windows systems where a malicious insider with administrative privileges can potentially tamper with the customer IOCTL by sending crafted IOCTL requests to the driver. A successful exploit can result in the bypassing of all anti-tampering protections for the NSClient.Affected Product(s) and Version(s) * Product Name: Netskope Client * Affected Platform: Windows * Affected Version: All version below R138
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Netskope Client (Netskope) Fixed in 138
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Netskope Client 138
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-14268 Netskope Client Service Insufficient Access ControlsPriority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-15641
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jv52-q48w-cm7j
References
More Netskope vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-15056 Netskope Client through 77 allows low-privileged users to elevate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-13525 Netskope Endpoint DLP Driver Integer Overflow Leading to Kernel Pool Overflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2024-06860 Client Enrollment Process Bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
- TI-2023-04599 Local privilege escalation in Netskope Client CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-20302 Sensitive Information store in NSClient logs CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2023-02129 Local privilege escalation in Netskope Client CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-15641 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-15641 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jv52-q48w-cm7j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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