Forcepoint Security Engine up to 7.5.0 privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Forcepoint Security Engine up to 7.1.13/7.3.1/7.3.3/7.4.1/7.5.0. It has been rated as very critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-12974. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Forcepoint Security Engine up to 7.1.13/7.3.1/7.3.3/7.4.1/7.5.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at support.forcepoint.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-12974 since 06/23/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/23/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as attacked.

Upgrading to version 7.3.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Forcepoint

Name

• Security Engine

Version

• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.1.0
• 7.1.1
• 7.1.2
• 7.1.3
• 7.1.4
• 7.1.5
• 7.1.6
• 7.1.7
• 7.1.8
• 7.1.9
• 7.1.10
• 7.1.11
• 7.1.12
• 7.1.13
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.3.0
• 7.3.1
• 7.3.2
• 7.3.3
• 7.4
• 7.4.0
• 7.4.1
• 7.5.0

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