CVE-2025-12690

HIGH

Forcepoint NGFW Engine <=7.3.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Execution with unnecessary privileges in Forcepoint NGFW Engine allows local privilege escalation.This issue affects NGFW Engine through 6.10.19, through 7.3.0, through 7.2.4, through 7.1.10.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-250
Status published
Products (2)
forcepoint/next_generation_firewall 7.3.0
forcepoint/next_generation_firewall < 6.10.20
Published Mar 11, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 11, 2026