CVE-2025-15642 PUBLISHED

Netskope Client Service Insufficient Access Controls

Assigner: Netskope
Reserved: 22.04.2026 Published: 17.06.2026 Updated: 17.06.2026

Netskope is notified about a potential gap in its Netskoped Client for Windows systems where a malicious insider with admin privileges can lead to bypassing the NSClient Tamper Protections due to weak Discretionary Access Control List (DACLs) on the service object and related registry keys,. * Product Name: Netskope Client * Affected Platform: Windows * Affected Version: All version below R138

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 6.8

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	High
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	Netskope
Product	Netskope Client
Versions	Default: affected affected from 0 to 138 (excl.)

Exploits

Netskope is not aware of any active exploitation of the security issue.

Workarounds

No workaround available

Solutions

Use any of the below version of Netskope Client: * R138 and above * R135 (135.1.19.2670 and above ) * R132 (132.0.27.2671 and above )

Credits

Netskope credits Juan Pablo Barriga for reporting this flaw. finder

References

https://www.netskope.com/resources/netskope-resources/netskope-security-advisory-nskpsa-2025-008

Problem Types

CWE-276 Incorrect default permissions CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-478 Modification of Windows Service Configuration