CVE-2025-12694

HIGHNVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-04. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.1%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Forcepoint VPN Client that allows a local non-administrative user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. This issue affects VPN Client for Windows: versions 6.11.3 and prior.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
35
EG Risk 35/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
EPSS PROB
0.1%
EPSS %ILE
below the 1st
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 4, 2026

Last Modified

July 22, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 4, 2026
No fix on record yet.
generic

Forcepoint Hub

https://support.forcepoint.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Local-Privilege-Escalation-in-VPN-Client-for-Windows

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-12694(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 24× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 234 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-09 20:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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  74. 2026-08-03 10:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  75. 2026-08-03 04:33 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-12694?
CVE-2025-12694 is a high vulnerability published on June 4, 2026. A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Forcepoint VPN Client that allows a local non-administrative user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. This issue affects VPN Client for Windows: versions 6.11.3 and prior.
When was CVE-2025-12694 disclosed?
CVE-2025-12694 was first published on June 4, 2026, with the most recent update on July 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-12694 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-12694 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (below the 1st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-12694?
CVE-2025-12694 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-12694?
No fix for CVE-2025-12694 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2025-12694 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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