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CVE-2025-14026: Forcepoint One Endpoint (F1E) · Use of Unmaintained Third-Party Components

Affects Forcepoint One Endpoint (F1E)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 11% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 6 Jan 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
ForcepointForcepoint One Endpoint (F1E)Affected
  • =23.11
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

  1. Immediate monitoring for updates or patches from Forcepoint is essential; apply security patches as soon as they become available to remediate the vulnerability.
  2. Until patches are released, restrict execution privileges on endpoints to limit the ability of unauthorized users or processes to execute or inject code via Python or related components.
  3. Implement application whitelisting and endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions to detect anomalous behavior related to Python processes or unexpected DLL calls.
  4. Conduct thorough audits of endpoint configurations to identify and remove legacy or unmaintained third-party components where possible.
  5. Enforce strict network segmentation and least privilege principles to reduce the impact of a compromised endpoint.
  6. Educate security teams about the risks of using outdated embedded runtimes and encourage proactive software supply chain management.
  7. Enhance logging and monitoring around Forcepoint One Endpoint processes to detect potential exploitation attempts.
  8. Coordinate with Forcepoint support to obtain guidance and potential workarounds until official patches are released.

Description

Forcepoint One DLP Client, version 23.04.5642 (and possibly newer versions), includes a restricted version of Python 2.5.4 that prevents use of the ctypes library.ctypes is a foreign function interface (FFI) for Python, enabling calls to DLLs/shared libraries, memory allocation, and direct code execution. It was demonstrated that these restrictions could be bypassed.

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