Vulnerability · Published Jan 13, 2026 · Assigned by cisa-cg
CVE-2025-68947NSecsoft NSecKrnl process termination privilege escalation
Medium 4.7
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in NSecKrnl from NSecsoft. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
NSecsoft 'NSecKrnl' is a Windows driver that allows a local, authenticated attacker to terminate processes owned by other users, including SYSTEM and Protected Processes by issuing crafted IOCTL requests to the driver.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H