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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-12-26 | Published 2026-01-13 | Updated 2026-01-13 | Assigner cisa-cg




MEDIUM: 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
MEDIUM: 5.7CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem types

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Product status

Default status
affected

Any version before *
affected

Credits

Maurice Fielenbach, Hexastrike Cybersecurity

References

www.virustotal.com/...3a0fe096dbb510018dd65b63fc80bd20c03261 (url) technical-description

hexastrike.com/...xploiting-byovd-to-kill-endpoint-security/ (url) exploit technical-description

github.com/ANYLNK/NSecSoftBYOVD (url) exploit

www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68947 (url) vdb-entry

raw.githubusercontent.com/...IT/white/2026/va-26-013-01.json (url) government-resource third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2025-68947)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-68947)

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