What is CVE-2020-24576?

CVE-2020-24576 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netskope, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-24576?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Netskope

CVE-2020-24576

Netskope Client through 77 allows low-privileged users to elevate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2021-08-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (81.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.022 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Netskope

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

www.netskope.com (Vendor Advisory)
www.netskope.com/company/security-compliance-and-assurance/release-78-security-… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24576?: CVE-2020-24576 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netskope, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-24576?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.