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                                  Netskope Local Escalation of Privileges

                                  An insufficient validation on the server connection endpoint in Netskope Client allows local users to elevate privileges on the system. The insufficient validation allows Netskope Client to connect to any other server with Public Signed CA TLS certificates and send specially crafted responses to elevate privileges.

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                                  Security Advisory ID: NSKPSA-2025-002
                                  Severity Rating: Medium
                                  First Communicated: August 13, 2025
                                  Overall CVSS Score: 6.0
                                  Version: 1.0
                                  CVE-ID:‬‭ CVE-2025-0309

                                   

                                  Description
                                  An insufficient validation on the server connection endpoint in Netskope Client allows local users to elevate privileges on the system. The insufficient validation allows Netskope Client to connect to any other server with Public Signed CA TLS certificates and send specially crafted responses to elevate privileges.

                                   

                                  Affected Product(s) and Version(s)
                                  Product name: Netskope Client
                                  Affected Versions: R128 and prior

                                   

                                  CVE-ID(s)
                                  CVE-2025-0309

                                   

                                  Remediation
                                  Netskope has patched the issue and released a new version R129. Customers are recommended to upgrade Netskope Client to R129 or higher
                                  Netskope download Instructions – Download Netskope Client and Scripts – Netskope Support

                                   

                                  Workaround
                                  Customers can prevent Netskope Client connections to any random servers apart from goskope.com domain.

                                   

                                  General Security Best Practices
                                  Netskope recommends using security hardening options available in the product and configuring them to harden the security of a Netskope tenant-
                                  https://support.netskope.com/s/article/Secure-Tenant-Configuration

                                   

                                  Special Notes and Acknowledgement
                                  Netskope credits Richard Warren of AmberWolf for reporting this flaw.

                                   

                                  Exploitation and Public Disclosures
                                  Netskope is not aware of any active exploitation of the security issue.

                                   

                                  Revision History

                                  VersionDateSectionNotes
                                  1.0August 13, 2025Initial Release

                                   

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