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CVE-2022-40684: Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2022-40684
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.
Fortinet FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager contain an authentication bypass vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform operations on the administrative interface via specially crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: FortinetAuthentication bypassOther
What
An unauthenticated attacker can perform operations on the administrative interface due to an authentication bypass vulnerability.
Who is affected
Users of Fortinet FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to the critical nature of the vulnerability and its exploitation status.
Action
Apply the latest security updates from Fortinet.

AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.

Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-10-11
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40684

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.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2022-40684coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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