Medium 4.7Published Jan 13, 2026

CVE-2025-68947NSecsoft NSecKrnl process termination privilege escalation

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 8:30 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 4.7 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-862
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: cisa-cg
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Mar 10, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

NSecsoft NSecKrnl nsecsoft:nseckrnl (from the name)	all versions	CNA record

References

References

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/206f27ae820783b7755bca89f83a0fe096dbb510018dd65b63fc80bd20c03261	technical-description
https://hexastrike.com/resources/blog/threat-intelligence/valleyrat-exploiting-byovd-to-kill-endpoint-security/	exploit, technical-description
https://github.com/ANYLNK/NSecSoftBYOVD	exploit
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68947	vdb-entry
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-013-01.json	government-resource, third-party-advisory

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