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CVE-2026-12974
Security Policy Bypass in Forcepoint Security Engine (NGFW)
High7.9EPSS 0.45%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- forcepoint
Description
A Security Policy Bypass vulnerability exists in Forcepoint Security Engine (NGFW). This issue affects Forcepoint Security Engine (NGFW): from 7.1.0 through 7.1.13, from 7.3.0 through 7.3.1, 7.3.3, from 7.4.0 through 7.4.1, and 7.5.0.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| forcepointCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | High7.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:A |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 4.0 | High7.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:A/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 60% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.9.
Weakness
Affected products
Forcepoint · Forcepoint Security Engine (NGFW)
- affected 7.1.0 – ≤ 7.1.13
- affected 7.3.0 – ≤ 7.3.1
- affected 7.3.3
- affected 7.4.0 – ≤ 7.4.1
- affected 7.5.0
- unaffected 7.3.2
What to do
Solution: FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN Engine 7.1.14
Solution: Network Security Platform Security Engine 7.3.4
Solution: Network Security Platform Security Engine 7.4.2
Solution: Network Security Platform Security Engine 7.5.1
References (1)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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