CVE-2025-12694

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 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:vpn_client:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-06-04 12:16

Updated : 2026-07-22 20:10

NVD link : CVE-2025-12694

Mitre link : CVE-2025-12694

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-12694

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Products Affected

forcepoint

vpn_client

CWE

CWE-250

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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