Is CVE-2025-12690 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-12690 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-12690?

CVE-2025-12690 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

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

CVE-2025-12690 has an EPSS score of 0.12% (2th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-12690?

Upgrade next generation firewall to 7.2.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-12690

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-250

How to fix

Remediation Available

next generation firewallNVD

Affected:>= 7.2.0, < 7.2.5Fixed in:7.2.5CVE-2025-12690derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days

2ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 2% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

support.forcepoint.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-07.