CVE-2025-12690: Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 Firewall: before 6.10.20 (fixed in 6.10.20); from 7.1.0, before 7.1.11 (fixed in 7.1.11); from 7.2.0, before 7.2.5 (fixed in 7.2.5); version 7.3.0 only

Published 2026-03-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.