# CVE-2024-7402: Netskope Client Configuration Tampering with Local MITM

> A malicious insider with admin privileges can bypass Netskope Client security controls via local MITM, potentially disabling the agent.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pcpp-7694-v79q

## What is CVE-2024-7402?

CVE-2024-7402 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netskope Client, published on 14 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Netskope has identified a potential gap in its agent (Netskope Client) in which a malicious insider can potentially tamper the Netskope Client configuration by performing MITM (Man-in-the-Middle) activity on the Netskope Client communication channel. A successful exploitation would require administrative privileges on the machine, and could result in temporarily altering the configuration of Netskope Client or permanently disabling or removing the agent from the machine.

Weakness: CWE-354 (Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7402?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-7402?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7402 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7402 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7402 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7402 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7402 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netskope Client, published on 14 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7402 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Netskope Client. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7402/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7402/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7402
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7402
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7402

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7402/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.