PT-2025-33119 · Netskope · Netskope Client+1

Thomas Brice · Published 2025-08-14 · Updated 2025-08-14 · CVE-2025-5942

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

5.7

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Netskope NS Client on Windows systems (affected versions not specified)

Description: Netskope was notified about a potential gap in its agent (NS Client) on Windows systems. Successful exploitation of this issue by an unprivileged user can trigger a heap overflow in the epdlpdrv.sys driver, potentially leading to a Blue-Screen-of-Death (BSOD). Exploitation can also potentially be performed by an unprivileged user whose NS Client is configured to use Endpoint DLP, resulting in a denial-of-service for the local machine.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-122

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-5942

Affected Products

Netskope Client

Epdlpdrv.Sys

References · 6

• https://netskope.com/company/security-compliance-and-assurance/security-advisories-and-disclosures/netskope-security-advisory-nskpsa-2025-003 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5942 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/132200 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1955900283323867597 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1955879858015224187 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/29961 · Telegram Post