⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2023-03-14. Federal agencies required to patch by 2023-04-04. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..

CVE-2022-41328Path Traversal in Fortinet Fortios

CWE-22Path Traversal15 documents13 sources
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
CNA6.7VulnCheck6.7
EPSS
0.3%
top 47.58%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2023-03-14
Due 2023-04-04
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 7
KEV addedMar 14
KEV dueApr 4
Latest updateFeb 9
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages2 packages

NVDfortinet/fortios6.2.06.2.14+4
CVEListV5fortinet/fortios7.2.07.2.3+4

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
CVEList
CVE-2022-41328: A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory vulnerability ('path traversal') [CWE-22] in Fortinet FortiOS version 72023-03-07
GHSA
GHSA-prj2-6g47-x68h: A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory vulnerability ('path traversal') [CWE-22] in Fortinet FortiOS version 72023-03-07
VulnCheck
Fortinet FortiOS Path Traversal Vulnerability2022

📋Vendor Advisories

3
CISA ICS
Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 with Fortigate NGFW Devices2024-03-14
CISA
Fortinet FortiOS Path Traversal Vulnerability2023-03-14
Fortinet
Path traversal in execute command2023-03-07

🕵️Threat Intelligence

8
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Trendmicro
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Bleepingcomputer
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Bleepingcomputer
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Tenable
Volt Typhoon: International Cybersecurity Authorities Detail Activity Linked to Chinese-State Sponsored Threat Actor2023-05-25
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