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CVE-2025-68947 — NSecsoft NSecKrnl

CVSS v3.1 4.7 (MEDIUM) · CVSS v4.0 5.7 · EPSS 0.0% (higher than 3.3% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 2.5/10 · Published 2026-01-13

As of 2026-01-14, CVE-2025-68947 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in NSecsoft NSecKrnl, CVSS v3.1 4.7, EPSS 0.0% (3.3th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 2 tracked threat campaigns to CVE-2025-68947, most recently “Recorded Future H1 2026 Report: Actively Exploited CVEs Up 34%, Ransomware Adopts BYOVD and Post-Quantum Crypto”.

Last updated: 2026-01-14

What is CVE-2025-68947?

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.

The record classifies CVE-2025-68947 under weakness class CWE-862. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 242 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score: 4.7 — MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0 base score: 5.7
EPSS (FIRST): 0.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.3% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV: Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority: 2.5/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
Published: 2026-01-13, last modified 2026-01-14

Is CVE-2025-68947 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 6 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

NSecsoft: NSecKrnl

How to fix CVE-2025-68947

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2025-68947 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2025-68947

2 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2025-68947, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Recorded Future H1 2026 Report: Actively Exploited CVEs Up 34%, Ransomware Adopts BYOVD and Post-Quantum Crypto — HIGH · 2026-09-03
Warlock (Water Manaul / Storm-2603) Ransomware Campaign with BYOVD, Web Shells, and Multi-Channel Tunneling via SharePoint Exploitation — CRITICAL · 2026-03-16

Sources

Seeded from threadlinqs-intel and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.

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