# CVE-2025-2272: Privilege Escalation and Arbitrary code execution in F1E Endpoint

> Attackers can escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code by exploiting an uncontrolled search path element in Forcepoint FIE Endpoint.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 May 2025
- **Updated:** 22 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r873-27qv-5m3w

## What is CVE-2025-2272?

CVE-2025-2272 is a high-severity vulnerability in Forcepoint FIE Endpoint, published on 22 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Forcepoint FIE Endpoint allows Privilege Escalation, Code Injection, Hijacking a privileged process.This issue affects FIE Endpoint: before 25.05.

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2272?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-2272?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2272 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-2272 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2272 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-2272 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-2272 is a high-severity vulnerability in Forcepoint FIE Endpoint, published on 22 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2272 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Forcepoint FIE Endpoint. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2272/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2272/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2272
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2272
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-2272

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2272/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.