CVE-2026-12974 PUBLISHED

Security Policy Bypass in Forcepoint Security Engine (NGFW)

Assigner: forcepoint
Reserved: 23.06.2026 Published: 23.09.2026 Updated: 23.09.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 7.9

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	High
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	High
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	High
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	Forcepoint
Product	Forcepoint Security Engine (NGFW)
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 7.1.0 to 7.1.13 (incl.) affected from 7.3.0 to 7.3.1 (incl.) Version 7.3.3 is affected affected from 7.4.0 to 7.4.1 (incl.) Version 7.5.0 is affected Version 7.3.2 is unaffected

Solutions

Network Security Platform Security Engine 7.5.1

Credits

Tuukka Vainio from the University of Turku finder

References

https://support.forcepoint.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Security-Policy-Bypass-in-Forcepoint-Security-Engine-NGFW-CVE-2026-12974

Problem Types

CWE-1284 Improper validation of specified quantity in input CWE
CWE-183 Permissive list of allowed inputs CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-180 Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels