CVE-2018-13383: Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Out-of-bounds Write
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
A heap buffer overflow in Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy may cause the SSL VPN web service termination for logged in users.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A heap buffer overflow may cause the SSL VPN web service termination for logged in users.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of FortiOS and FortiProxy with SSL VPN enabled.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Apply the latest patches provided by Fortinet.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13383
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2018-13383Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 98% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-13383 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Fortinet FortiOS and
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2019-6693: Fortinet FortiOS Use of Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-06-25
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-24472: Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-03-18
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-55591: Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-01-14
- unknownexploited[Update] Vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS (February 9, 2024)cert-fr-alerte · 2024-02-09
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-21762: Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-Bound Write Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-02-09
- criticalexploitedCVE-2023-27997: Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy SSL-VPN Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-06-13
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