CVE-2025-12690 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Forcepoint NGFW Engine versions through 6.10.19, 7.3.0, 7.2.4, and 7.1.10, caused by processes executing with unnecessary privileges. Rated 7.3 HIGH on the CVSS scale, it allows a low-privileged local attacker to elevate their privileges with low attack complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.10.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:next_generation_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.1.0, < 7.1.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:next_generation_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.2.0, < 7.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:next_generation_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:next_generation_firewall:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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