Is CVE-2025-12690 being actively exploited?

CVE-2025-12690 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-12690?

CVE-2025-12690 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2025-12690

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.1%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-250
EPSS score: 0.1% (2th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2025-208569)
Published: March 11, 2026
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Analyzed

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2025-208569 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on March 11, 2026.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

forcepoint / next generation firewall
forcepoint / next generation firewall

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall - Forcepoint - FIPS 140 3317 - historical

References

https://support.forcepoint.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Local-Privilege-Escalation-in-NGFW-Engine(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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