CVE-2025-53744

published 2025-08-12

CVE-2025-53744: An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability [CWE-266] in FortiOS Security Fabric version 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, 7.2 all versions, 7.0…

Priority P3 47 high 7.2 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR H UI N S U C H I H A H

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability [CWE-266] in FortiOS Security Fabric version 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions, may allow a remote authenticated attacker with high privileges to escalate their privileges to super-admin via registering the device to a malicious FortiManager.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
fortinet	fortimanager	—	—
fortinet	fortios	—	—
fortinet	fortios	>= 6.4.0 < 7.4.8	7.4.8
fortinet	fortios	6.4.0 – 6.4.16	—
fortinet	fortios	7.0.0 – 7.0.17	—
fortinet	fortios	7.2.0 – 7.2.11	—
fortinet	fortios	7.4.0 – 7.4.7	—
fortinet	fortios	>= 7.6.0 < 7.6.3	7.6.3
fortinet	fortios	7.6.0 – 7.6.2	—

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CWE-266