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
7.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

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
7.8(medium)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: Track

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%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
1.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 4, 2026

Last Modified

July 22, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 4, 2026
No patch confirmed 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 8× in last 7d / 61× 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 114 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-23 02:48 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-22 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-22 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-18 10:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-16 17:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-16 17:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-16 00:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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  12. 2026-07-15 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
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  14. 2026-07-14 16:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-14 03:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-13 22:29 UTCEPSS rescore
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  18. 2026-07-13 06:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-12 05:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-12 01:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-11 12:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-11 08:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-11 08:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-09 19:09 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-08 23:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-08 15:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-08 10:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-07 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-04 06:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-03 19:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-03 02:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-02 12:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-01 23:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-01 09:36 UTCEG score recompute▼ 0.70
  13. 2026-07-01 09:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-06-30 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-06-30 20:33 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.8
  16. 2026-06-30 20:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-06-29 23:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-06-29 10:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-06-28 19:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
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  22. 2026-06-28 06:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-28 04:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-27 17:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-06-27 04:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  28. 2026-06-26 15:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-06-26 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-06-25 11:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-06-24 22:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-06-24 09:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-06-23 21:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-06-23 18:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-06-23 02:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-06-20 12:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-06-19 20:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-06-18 21:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-06-18 07:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-06-17 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-06-17 17:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-06-17 04:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-06-16 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-06-16 14:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-06-16 01:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-06-15 17:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-06-15 12:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-06-14 23:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-06-14 23:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-06-14 09:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-06-13 22:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-06-13 22:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-06-13 20:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-06-13 07:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-06-12 23:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-06-12 18:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-06-12 05:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-06-11 15:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-06-11 13:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  68. 2026-06-11 02:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-06-10 22:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  70. 2026-06-10 13:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-06-10 13:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  72. 2026-06-10 00:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-06-09 10:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-06-08 21:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-06-08 14:16 UTCEPSS rescore

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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 in the National Vulnerability Database 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 1.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
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?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-12694, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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