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1 vulnerability found for NGFW Engine by Forcepoint
CVE-2025-12690 (GCVE-0-2025-12690)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-11 15:36
Modified
2026-03-11 16:10
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with unnecessary privileges
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forcepoint | NGFW Engine |
Version: 0 ≤ 6.10.19 Version: 0 ≤ 7.3.0 Version: 0 ≤ 7.2.4 Version: 0 ≤ 7.1.10 |
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