CVE-2025-5941 LOW

CVE-2025-5941: Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability in Netskope Client

Vendor Netskope
Product Netskope Client
Weakness CWE-125
Published August 14, 2025
Last update August 15, 2025

CVSS base score

2.0/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS 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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 14, 2025 CVE published
August 15, 2025 Record updated