CVE-2026-16172

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.06.0—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.0 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1% (1st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.1%CVSS: 6.0Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

Netskope was notified of an out-of-bounds heap read affecting the Endpoint DLP (EPDLP) service of the Netskope Client. A local standard user could potentially send a specially crafted message that is not properly validated with a bounds check, likely crashing the kernel driver handler. Successful exploitation could potentially crash the EPDLP service, temporarily interrupting DLP enforcement. A successful exploit could potentially also reveal per-boot memory layout information to unauthorized users.

CVSS v3
6.0
EG Score
6.0MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
27
EG Risk 27/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity60% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.1%
EPSS %ILE
1st
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 10, 2026

Last Modified

September 18, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 10, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic
https://support.netskope.com/s/article/Netskope-Security-Advisory-Netskope-Client-Endpoint-DLP-Security-Notice---NSKPSA-2026-008

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16172(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 55× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 02:14 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-04 02:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-03 00:10 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-03 00:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-01 21:18 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-01 21:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-30 19:10 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-30 19:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-29 17:06 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-29 17:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-28 14:20 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-28 14:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-27 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-27 12:16 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-27 12:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-26 10:11 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-26 10:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-25 07:59 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-25 07:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-24 05:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-23 03:51 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-23 03:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-22 01:47 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-22 01:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-20 23:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-19 21:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-18 19:33 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-18 19:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-18 03:57 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-18 03:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-17 01:53 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-17 01:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-15 23:49 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-15 23:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-14 21:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-13 19:38 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-13 19:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-12 17:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-11 15:29 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-11 15:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-11 15:04 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-11 15:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-09-10 23:19 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-09-10 22:50 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-09-10 22:49 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16172?
CVE-2026-16172 is a medium vulnerability published on September 10, 2026. Netskope was notified of an out-of-bounds heap read affecting the Endpoint DLP (EPDLP) service of the Netskope Client. A local standard user could potentially send a specially crafted message that is not properly validated with a bounds check, likely crashing the kernel driver handler. Successful…
When was CVE-2026-16172 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16172 was first published on September 10, 2026, with the most recent update on September 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16172 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16172 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (1st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16172?
CVE-2026-16172 has a CVSS base score of 6.0 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16172?
No fix for CVE-2026-16172 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-16172 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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