CVE-2025-22862 — Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in Fortinet Fortios

CWE-288 — Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel4 documents4 sources

Severity

6.7MEDIUMNVD

EPSS

0.0%

top 94.49%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Fortinet Fortios Fortinet Fortiproxy

Timeline

PublishedOct 2

Description

An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] in FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.0.6 and above; and FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, 7.2 all versions, 7.0.5 and above may allow an authenticated attacker to elevate their privileges via triggering a malicious Webhook action in the Automation Stitch component.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDfortinet/fortios7.0.6 — 7.2.12+1

▶NVDfortinet/fortiproxy7.0.5 — 7.4.9+1

▶CVEListV5fortinet/fortios7.4.0 — 7.4.7+2

▶CVEListV5fortinet/fortiproxy7.6.0 — 7.6.2+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-w9rm-93rw-98gq: An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] in FortiOS 7↗2025-10-02

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CVEList

CVE-2025-22862: An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] in FortiOS 7↗2025-10-02

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📋Vendor Advisories

Fortinet

Privilege escalation in automation-stitch↗2025-10-02

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