CVE-2023-29184 — Incomplete Cleanup in Fortinet Fortiproxy

CWE-459 — Incomplete Cleanup4 documents4 sources
Severity
2.3LOWNVD
CNA3.2
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Fortinet FortiproxyFortinet Fortios
Timeline
PublishedJun 10

Description

An incomplete cleanup vulnerability [CWE-459] in FortiOS 7.2 all versions and before & FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2 and before 7.0.8 allows a VDOM privileged attacker to add SSH key files on the system silently via crafted CLI requests.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDfortinet/fortiproxy1.1.0 — 7.0.9+1
▶CVEListV5fortinet/fortios7.2.0 — 7.2.11+3
▶NVDfortinet/fortios6.2.0 — 7.2.11
▶CVEListV5fortinet/fortiproxy7.2.0 — 7.2.2+4

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hxxf-pxh8-jxxh: An incomplete cleanup vulnerability [CWE-459] in FortiOS 7↗2025-06-10
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CVEList
CVE-2023-29184: An incomplete cleanup vulnerability [CWE-459] in FortiOS 7↗2025-06-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Fortinet
SSH key is added even if operation is aborted↗2025-06-10
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CVE-2023-29184 — Incomplete Cleanup in Fortinet | cvebase