CVE-2025-59718
A improper verification of cryptographic signature vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.17,
02 Description
A improper verification of cryptographic signature vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.17,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-12-16. Federal remediation due 2025-12-23.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 68.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2025-12-09 17:20Z10 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-15 01:09Z14 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-09-19
- Assigning CNA
- fortinet
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-347Improper Verification of Cryptographic SignatureBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 7c9a2426bac835d2e0a2eeaac13520b48e988d110ab933176cccd1646152e663
05 Affected products
06 References
- fortiguard.fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-647
- arcticwolf.comhttps://arcticwolf.com/resources/blog/arctic-wolf-observes-malicious-sso-logins-following-disclosure-cve-2025-59718-cve-2025-59719/
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-59718
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-864900.html
07 Remediation
Upgrade to FortiSwitchManager version 7.2.7 or above Upgrade to FortiSwitchManager version 7.0.6 or above Upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.6.4 or above Upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.4.11 or above Upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.2.15 or above Upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.0.22 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.6.4 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.9 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.12 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.0.18 or above Upgrade to FortiWeb version 8.0.1 or above Upgrade to FortiWeb version 7.6.5 or above Upgrade to FortiWeb version 7.4.10 or above Fortinet remediated this issue in FortiSASE version 25.3.b and hence customers do not need to perform any action. Upgrade to FortiPAM version 1.8.0 or above