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2 vulnerabilities found for NGFW Engine by Forcepoint
CVE-2025-12690 (GCVE-0-2025-12690)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-03-11 15:36 – Updated: 2026-03-11 16:10
VLAI?
Title
Local Privilege Escalation in NGFW Engine
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.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with unnecessary privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forcepoint | NGFW Engine |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 6.10.19
(semver)
Affected: 0 , ≤ 7.3.0 (semver) Affected: 0 , ≤ 7.2.4 (semver) Affected: 0 , ≤ 7.1.10 (semver) |
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CVE-2025-12690 (GCVE-0-2025-12690)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-11 15:36 – Updated: 2026-03-11 16:10
VLAI?
Title
Local Privilege Escalation in NGFW Engine
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.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with unnecessary privileges
Assigner
References
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| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forcepoint | NGFW Engine |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 6.10.19
(semver)
Affected: 0 , ≤ 7.3.0 (semver) Affected: 0 , ≤ 7.2.4 (semver) Affected: 0 , ≤ 7.1.10 (semver) |
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