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CVE-2025-5941 Detail

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.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  Netskope
CVSS-B 2.0 LOW
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

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://www.netskope.com/company/security-compliance-and-assurance/security-advisories-and-disclosures/netskope-security-advisory-nskpsa-2025-001 Netskope

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read Netskope  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-5941
NVD Published Date:
08/14/2025
NVD Last Modified:
08/14/2025
Source:
Netskope