CVE-2025-15641 (GCVE-0-2025-15641)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-17 01:31 – Updated: 2026-06-17 14:57
VLAI
Title
Netskope Client Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Controls
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
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-782 - Exposed IOCTL with insufficient access control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Netskope Netskope Client Affected: 0 , < 138 (custom)
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Credits
Netskope credits Juan Pablo Barriga for reporting this flaw.
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