CVE-2022-41328
Actively exploited. CVE-2022-41328 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-03-14) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Fortinet FortiOS contains a path traversal vulnerability that may allow a local privileged attacker to read and write files via crafted CLI commands.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Fortinet FortiOS contains a path traversal vulnerability that may allow a local privileged attacker to read and write files via crafted CLI commands.
- Who is affected
- Local privileged users of Fortinet FortiOS.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent as the vulnerability is actively exploited and critical.
- Action
- Update FortiOS to the latest version.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 96% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2022-41328: Fortinet FortiOS Path Traversal Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-03-14
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