Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessGain local unprivileged access to endpoint
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DeliveryIdentify epdlpdrv.sys kernel IPC port
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ExploitSend unauthorized query bypassing absent token validation
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ExecutionRead uninitialized kernel reply buffer
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PersistExtract session tokens and DLP configuration data
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ImpactAccess or impersonate other users' DLP sessions
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Variable initialization
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires local code execution under any standard (non-administrative) Windows user account on a system where the Netskope Client Endpoint DLP component is installed and the epdlpdrv.sys driver is loaded. No elevated privileges, no administrator rights, and no special non-default configuration are required beyond the Endpoint DLP feature being active. The attack surface is entirely local - the driver IPC port is not reachable remotely, so exploitation is bounded by the requirement for prior local access to the endpoint. Exploitation is further limited to Windows platform deployments; no Linux or macOS variants are implicated. The uninitialized buffer disclosure requires a victim user to have recently performed operations that left residual data in the targeted kernel pool region, introducing a minor timing dependency. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 score of 6.8 with AV:L/PR:L accurately reflects the exploitation surface - a local unprivileged process is required, ruling out unauthenticated remote exploitation. Despite the moderate score, the practical impact is disproportionately significant: live session tokens extracted from kernel IPC replies could allow an attacker to impersonate another user's Netskope DLP session, effectively bypassing the data controls the product is deployed to enforce. Even a mid-sized municipal IT team in gdynia relying on Netskope for regulatory compliance should treat this as an urgent remediation item, since successful exploitation undermines the product's own security guarantees. The SC:L component in the CVSS 4.0 vector confirms cross-user impact, consistent with the description's mention of kernel memory from other users' operations. No KEV listing and no public POC reduce near-term automated exploitation risk, but the detailed public description provides sufficient technical specificity for local exploit development by a capable attacker. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A local attacker holding a standard Windows user account on an endpoint running Netskope Client crafts messages targeting the epdlpdrv.sys kernel port, bypassing the absent token check to enumerate DLP policy configuration. The attacker then reads uninitialized reply buffers to recover residual kernel pool contents, potentially capturing session tokens previously written into that memory region by other users' concurrent DLP operations. With a harvested session token, the attacker can impersonate another user's Netskope session or extract monitored keyword lists and data classification rules that reveal what sensitive data the organization is trying to protect. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 11, 2026
The Endpoint DLP kernel driver (epdlpdrv.sys) in Netskope Client for Windows before release R141 exposes two overlapping flaws: an absent token-validation check on the internal kernel-to-userspace IPC channel, and an uninitialized reply buffer in the port message handler that returns residual kernel pool contents to callers. Any local unprivileged process can send unauthorized queries to the driver port without proving it is the legitimate hook DLL, then read uninitialized response buffers to extract DLP configuration data, feature flags, live session tokens, and kernel memory fragments from other users' concurrent operations. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing exists at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Netskope Client for Windows to release R141 or later, which introduces token-based validation on the IPC port and initializes reply buffers before returning data to callers. Consult the vendor advisory NSKPSA-2026-006 at https://www.netskope.com/resources/netskope-resources/netskope-security-advisory-nskpsa-2026-006 for deployment-specific upgrade procedures. As a compensating control prior to patching, restrict local code execution on endpoints to trusted, code-signed processes using Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) or equivalent allowlisting, preventing arbitrary processes from reaching the driver port. Note that allowlisting mitigates only the missing-token-validation path and does not address the uninitialized buffer flaw, which could still be triggered by any process that legitimately reaches the port; patching to R141 remains the only complete remediation.
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The vulnerability resides in epdlpdrv.sys, the kernel-mode driver for Netskope's Endpoint Data Loss Prevention feature on Windows (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:netskope:endpoint_dlp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*). The driver exposes a communication port - consistent with Windows kernel ALPC/LPC or IOCTL-style port mechanisms - used by a user-space hook DLL to relay DLP policy decisions and session data through the kernel to a background daemon. CWE-908 (Use of Uninitialized Resource) describes the reply buffer flaw precisely: pool-allocated memory returned to callers was not zeroed before being populated with response data, making prior kernel heap contents readable to the caller. The secondary flaw - absent token validation on incoming port messages - is closer in character to CWE-306 (missing authentication for a critical function), as any local process can query the channel without demonstrating it is the authorized hook DLL. The two flaws compound each other: the missing validation grants unauthorized read access, while the uninitialized buffer expands the data exposed beyond what is intentionally returned.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
Local unprivileged access required; scope changed to reflect kernel memory leakage crossing into other users' security contexts; no integrity or availability impact.
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CVSS VectorVendor: Netskope
DescriptionCVE.org
An information leakage vulnerability exists in the Endpoint DLP component (epdlpdrv.sys) of Netskope Client for Windows prior to version R141. An internal communication channel used by the user-space hook DLL to pass messages through the kernel driver to the daemon lacked proper token-based message validation, allowing local unprivileged processes to send unauthorized queries. Additionally, a reply buffer used by the port message handler was not properly initialized before returning data, leaking residual kernel pool memory from prior allocations. A local unprivileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to enumerate DLP configuration and feature flags, extract live session tokens, and read kernel memory fragments from other users' operations.
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Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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