CVE-2025-12694 (GCVE-0-2025-12694)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-04 12:04 – Updated: 2026-06-04 13:21
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Local Privilege Escalation in VPN Client
Summary
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Forcepoint VPN Client that allows a local non-administrative user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. This issue affects VPN Client for Windows: versions 6.11.3 and prior.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-04 13:21 UTC
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with unnecessary privileges
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forcepoint | VPN Client |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 6.11.3
(semver)
|
guessed |
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