# CVE-2026-16174 — Netskope Endpoint DLP

> As of 2026-09-11, CVE-2026-16174 is a High-severity (band derived from the CVSS v4.0 score, not stated by the CNA) vulnerability in Netskope Endpoint DLP, CVSS v4.0 8.7, EPSS 0.1% (3.2th percentile). No Threadlinqs-tracked threat campaign has been attributed to CVE-2026-16174 as of 2026-09-11; the identifier is re-checked against the Threadlinqs threat corpus on every daily ingest.

**Last updated:** 2026-09-11

## What is CVE-2026-16174?

Netskope was notified about a potential gap in Netskope Endpoint DLP (EPDLP) running on Windows systems. Successful exploitation of the gap could potentially allow a privileged user to send a crafted message to the EPDLP process port to trigger an integer overflow, leading to memory corruption. Successful exploitation would require the EPDLP module to be enabled in the client configuration, and that Memory Integrity is disabled. A successful exploit could potentially result in a denial-of-service, arbitrary code execution, or privilege escalation on the local machine.

The record classifies CVE-2026-16174 under weakness class [CWE-190](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-190). 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 25 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v4.0 base score:** 8.7 — High (derived from score) (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.2% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 4.5/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-09-10, last modified 2026-09-11

## Is CVE-2026-16174 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 30 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- **Netskope**: Endpoint DLP

## How to fix CVE-2026-16174

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-16174 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-16174

No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-16174, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-09-13. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [support.netskope.com — vendor advisory](https://support.netskope.com/s/article/Netskope-Security-Advisory-Netskope-Client-Endpoint-DLP-Security-Notice---NSKPSA-2026-010)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-16174
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-16174 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp