CVE-2025-11156: Netskope Client · NULL Pointer Dereference
Affects Netskope ClientSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.9 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 28 Nov 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Netskope Netskope Client | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
To mitigate CVE-2025-11156, organizations should implement the following specific measures: 1) Restrict administrative privileges strictly to trusted personnel and enforce least privilege principles to reduce the risk of exploitation. 2) Monitor and audit the use of administrative accounts on endpoints running Netskope Client to detect suspicious activity or unauthorized driver loading attempts. 3) Apply any available patches or updates from Netskope as soon as they are released, as no patches are currently available. 4) Implement endpoint protection solutions that can detect and block abnormal kernel driver loading behaviors. 5) Use application whitelisting or driver signing enforcement policies to prevent unauthorized or improper driver loads. 6) Educate administrators about the risks of improper driver loading and ensure secure configuration of the Netskope Client. 7) Maintain robust incident response plans to quickly recover from potential DoS conditions caused by this vulnerability. 8) Consider network segmentation and isolation of critical systems to limit the impact of potential insider attacks exploiting this flaw.
Description
Netskope was notified about a potential gap in its agent (NS Client) on Windows systems. If this gap is successfully exploited, a local, authenticated user with Administrator privileges can improperly load the driver as a generic kernel service. This triggers the flaw, causing a system crash (Blue-Screen-of-Death) and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected machine.