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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-12690

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, throug…

Published Mar 11, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · next generation firewall

Last checked Oct 31, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12690. EPSS is 0.13%. Act only if a listed version of next generation firewall is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.13%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe forcepoint/next generation firewall

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe forcepoint/next generation firewall7.3.0

How to fix CVE-2025-12690

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12690. EPSS is 0.13%. Act only if a listed version of next generation firewall is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with forcepoint/next generation firewall 7.3.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-250: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. EPSS 0.13%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 11, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-12690

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-12690

    30-day exploitation probability 0.13%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-12690

    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.

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 31, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 31, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 16, 2026
  • NIST NVDOct 15, 2026