CVE-2025-54821

unknowncovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2025-11-18

CVSSv3 Score: 1.8 An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] in FortiOS, FortiProxy and FortiPAM may allow an authenticated administrator to bypass the trusted host policy via crafted CLI command. Revised on 2026-05-27 00:00:00

CSIRTS triage

What: An authenticated administrator can bypass the trusted host policy via crafted CLI command.
Who is affected: Authenticated administrators of FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiPAM.
Urgency: Remediation is necessary due to the potential for privilege escalation.
Action: Review and restrict CLI command usage to mitigate the issue.

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Exploitation outlook

Low exploitation risk0.14% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 3% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

unknownTrusted hosts bypass via SSHfortinet · 2025-11-18

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