CVE-2022-41328
Fortinet FortiOS: Path Traversal
As of , CVE-2022-41328 in Fortinet FortiOS is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 14 March 2023
- US federal deadline
- 4 April 202321 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.11Higher than 95% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.00 on 14 March 2023EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- Vendor advice: www.fortiguard.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Fortinet FortiOS contains a path traversal vulnerability that may allow a local privileged attacker to read and write files via crafted CLI commands.
CISA's description
A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory vulnerability ('path traversal') [CWE-22] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.0 through 7.0.9 and before 6.4.11 allows a privileged attacker to read and write files on the underlying Linux system via crafted CLI commands.
The CVE record's description, from fortinet
- CVE published
- 7 March 2023
- Assigned by
- fortinet
- CVSS
- 6.5 Medium (CVSS 3.1, from the CNA)
- CWE-22
- Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
FortiOS: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-13379SSL VPN Path Traversal | Fortinet FortiOS | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.99 | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2024-21762Out-of-Bound Write | Fortinet FortiOS | Patch this weekRansomware use; EPSS 0.83 | 0.83 | ||
| CVE-2022-42475Heap-Based Buffer Overflow | Fortinet FortiOS | Patch this weekRansomware use; EPSS 0.99 | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2020-12812SSL VPN Improper Authentication | Fortinet FortiOS | Patch this weekRansomware use | 0.45 | ||
| CVE-2019-5591Default Configuration | Fortinet FortiOS | Patch this weekRansomware use | 0.18 | ||
| CVE-2019-6693Use of Hard-Coded Credentials | Fortinet FortiOS | Patch this weekRansomware use | 0.06 | ||
| CVE-2025-68686Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor | Fortinet FortiOS | Patch soon | 0.30 | ||
| CVE-2021-44168Arbitrary File Download | Fortinet FortiOS | Patch soon | 0.01 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org