CVE-2025-12690 (GCVE-0-2025-12690)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-11 15:36 – Updated: 2026-03-11 16:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Local Privilege Escalation in NGFW Engine
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-11 16:10 UTC
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with unnecessary privileges
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forcepoint | NGFW Engine |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 6.10.19
(semver)
Affected: 0 , ≤ 7.3.0 (semver) Affected: 0 , ≤ 7.2.4 (semver) Affected: 0 , ≤ 7.1.10 (semver) |
guessed |
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