High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 11, 2026· Updated May 7, 2026

CVE-2025-12690

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.

Affected products

Forcepoint/Next Generation Firewall2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:next_generation_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:next_generation_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <6.10.20
- cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:next_generation_firewall:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Forcepoint/NGFW Enginev5
Range: 0

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

support.forcepoint.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Local-Privilege-Escalation-in-NGFW-EnginenvdVendor Advisory

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