CVE-2026-12974 (GCVE-0-2026-12974)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-23 13:27 – Updated: 2026-09-23 15:23
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Security Policy Bypass in Forcepoint Security Engine (NGFW)
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-23 15:23 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forcepoint | Forcepoint Security Engine (NGFW) |
Affected:
7.1.0 , ≤ 7.1.13
(semver)
Affected: 7.3.0 , ≤ 7.3.1 (semver) Affected: 7.3.3 (semver) Affected: 7.4.0 , ≤ 7.4.1 (semver) Affected: 7.5.0 (custom) Unaffected: 7.3.2 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:forcepoint_security_engine_ngfw_:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:forcepoint_security_engine_ngfw_:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:forcepoint_security_engine_ngfw_:7.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:forcepoint_security_engine_ngfw_:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:forcepoint_security_engine_ngfw_:7.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2026-09-23 11:32
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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