CVE-2025-54821
An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.11, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions,
02 Description
An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.11, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 8.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-20.
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-11-18 17:01Z11 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-20 07:58Z9 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-07-30
- Assigning CNA
- fortinet
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 1.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:R
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- c45b0effb238de8d108c065ddbc4a39625812b430aa9b1a0a63c9274563d1f9f
05 Affected products
06 References
- fortiguard.fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-545
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-864900.html
07 Remediation
Fortinet remediated this issue in FortiSASE version 25.3.b and hence customers do not need to perform any action. Upgrade to FortiOS version 8.0.0 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.6.4 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.12 or above Upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.6.4 or above Upgrade to upcoming FortiProxy version 7.4.14 or above Upgrade to FortiPAM version 1.7.0 or above Upgrade to FortiPAM version 1.6.1 or above