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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-3886

An issue in CatoNetworks CatoClient before v.5.8.0 allows attackers to escalate privileges and achieve a race condition (TOCTOU) via the PrivilegedHelperTool component.

Published Apr 27, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 28, 2025 · Cato Networks SDP Client

Severity
Medium5.7
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.2%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Cato Networks SDP Client 0 <5.8.0

An issue in CatoNetworks CatoClient before v.5.8.0 allows attackers to escalate privileges and achieve a race condition (TOCTOU) via the PrivilegedHelperTool component.

Technical analysis

Mechanism and impact are interpreted from ingested advisories — not independent exploit research.

  • CWE classification

    No CWE identifiers stored yet.

  • Prerequisites and impact

    Follow the original vendor advisory for access prerequisites and impact. This catalog does not invent exploit conditions.

How to fix CVE-2025-3886

What to do

Three reads of the same public record: the decision, the versions on file, and the signals. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch. This page does not publish exploit steps.

Executive

This is a public record, not a confirmed incident. CVE-2025-3886 is a medium issue in Cato Networks SDP Client (CVSS 5.7). CISA does not currently list it as known exploited. Next step: Compare installed versions with the linked vendor advisory before changing production.

System administrator

Check whether Cato Networks SDP Client is installed. Ranges on record: Cato Networks SDP Client 0 <5.8.0 (0 <5.8.0). Compare installed versions with the linked vendor advisory before changing production.

Security analyst

CVSS 5.7. EPSS 0.2%. CISA does not currently list it as known exploited. Weaknesses: not classified. Sources: epss, euvd. Exploit links, when listed below, point at the original publisher.

Related intelligence

  • Exploitation evidence

    Not listed as known exploited in CISA KEV. Not in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV.

  • Safe detection guidance

    Compare installed versions with the affected ranges below and verify the advisory from the original publisher. This site stores metadata and outbound links only; it does not ship exploit code or proof-of-concept payloads.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 27, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    An issue in CatoNetworks CatoClient before v.5.8.0 allows attackers to escalate privileges and achieve a race condition (TOCTOU) via the PrivilegedHelperTool component.

  2. Apr 28, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    An issue in CatoNetworks CatoClient before v.5.8.0 allows attackers to escalate privileges and achieve a race condition (TOCTOU) via the PrivilegedHelperTool component.

Affected versions

Enter an installed version to get a verified affected / not-affected result against the ranges below.

  • vendor Cato Networks SDP Client 0 <5.8.00 <5.8.0

Sources

  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-3886

    30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-12448

    An issue in CatoNetworks CatoClient before v.5.8.0 allows attackers to escalate privileges and achieve a race condition (TOCTOU) via the PrivilegedHelperTool component.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.