02 Records
FEED: ACQUIRING
01 RecordSTATE: PUBLISHED
02 Description
CNA: fortinetAn Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] affecting FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.16 and FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.12, 7.0.0 through 7.0.19 may allow a remote
03 Exploitation and scoring
SRC: CISA, FIRST, NVD, RED HAT- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-03-18. Federal remediation due 2025-04-08.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.- EPSS probability
- 6.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Ranks above 93.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-05.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
SCHEMA: 5.2
- Published
- 2025-02-11 16:50Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-05 03:56Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-01-21
- Assigning CNA
- fortinet
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-288Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or ChannelBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 6cf03b894969ba4370d0501bfb08705290598cf22370075d7f050063c257a371
05 Affected products
PAIRS: 2VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
FortinetFortiProxy7.2.0 to 7.2.12, 7.0.0 to 7.0.19— SRC: CNA
Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.0.17 or above
Upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.2.13 or above
Upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.0.20 or above