CVE-2024-13177 Symlink Following in Netskope Client Postinstall Script
A standard user can escalate privileges by exploiting symlink following in the Netskope Client postinstall script on macOS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13177?
CVE-2024-13177 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Netskope Client, published on 15 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Netskope Client on Mac OS is impacted by a vulnerability in which the postinstall script does not properly validate the path of the file “nsinstallation”. A standard user could potentially create a symlink of the file “nsinstallation” to escalate the privileges of a different file on the system. This issue affects Netskope Client: before 123.0, before 117.1.11.2310, before 120.1.10.2306.
Weakness: CWE-610
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13177?
How do I fix CVE-2024-13177?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13177 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-13177 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13177 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6x8p-pjfm-rgxq.