CVE-2025-24472
Actively exploited. CVE-2025-24472 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-03-18) — 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 and FortiProxy contain an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to gain super-admin privileges via crafted CSF proxy requests.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An authentication bypass vulnerability allows remote attackers to gain super-admin privileges.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to active exploitation and the severity of the vulnerability.
- Action
- Apply the latest security patches from Fortinet to mitigate this vulnerability.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 86% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-24472: Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-03-18
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