CVE-2025-68947 NSecsoft NSecKrnl process termination privilege escalation
A local attacker can terminate protected system processes via the NSecKrnl driver, leading to privilege escalation and denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-68947?
CVE-2025-68947 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NSecsoft NSecKrnl, published on 13 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
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.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-68947?
How do I fix CVE-2025-68947?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-68947 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-68947 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68947 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jrr7-75c4-9c5m.