CVE-2025-54821
published 2025-11-18CVE-2025-54821: An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.11, FortiOS 7.2 all…
PriorityP433medium6CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRHUINSUCHIHAN
EPSS
0.18%
8.1th percentile
An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.11, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.6.0, FortiPAM 1.5 all versions, FortiPAM 1.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.3 all versions, FortiPAM 1.2 all versions, FortiPAM 1.1 all versions, FortiPAM 1.0 all versions, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.13, FortiProxy 7.2 all versions, FortiProxy 7.0 all versions may allow an authenticated administrator to bypass the trusted host policy via crafted CLI command.
Affected
23 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| fortinet | fortinet | — | — |
| fortinet | fortios | — | — |
| fortinet | fortios | >= 6.4.0 < 7.6.4 | 7.6.4 |
| fortinet | fortios | 6.4.0 – 6.4.16 | — |
| fortinet | fortios | 7.0.0 – 7.0.19 | — |
| fortinet | fortios | 7.2.0 – 7.2.13 | — |
| fortinet | fortios | 7.4.0 – 7.4.11 | — |
| fortinet | fortios | 7.6.0 – 7.6.3 | — |
| fortinet | fortipam | — | — |
| fortinet | fortipam | — | — |
| fortinet | fortipam | — | — |
| fortinet | fortipam | >= 1.0.0 < 1.6.1 | 1.6.1 |
| fortinet | fortipam | 1.0.0 – 1.0.3 | — |
| fortinet | fortipam | 1.1.0 – 1.1.2 | — |
| fortinet | fortipam | 1.3.0 – 1.3.1 | — |
| fortinet | fortipam | 1.4.0 – 1.4.3 | — |
| fortinet | fortipam | 1.5.0 – 1.5.1 | — |
| fortinet | fortiproxy | — | — |
| fortinet | fortiproxy | >= 7.0.0 < 7.6.4 | 7.6.4 |
| fortinet | fortiproxy | 7.0.0 – 7.0.23 | — |
| fortinet | fortiproxy | 7.2.0 – 7.2.16 | — |
| fortinet | fortiproxy | 7.4.0 – 7.4.13 | — |
| fortinet | fortiproxy | 7.6.0 – 7.6.3 | — |
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VulDB
Fortinet FortiProxy/FortiOS/FortiPAM CLI privileges management (FG-IR-25-545 / EUVD-2025-198008)
vuldb·2026-10-23
CVE-2025-54821 [LOW] Fortinet FortiProxy/FortiOS/FortiPAM CLI privileges management (FG-IR-25-545 / EUVD-2025-198008)
A vulnerability has been found in Fortinet FortiProxy, FortiOS and FortiPAM and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component CLI. The manipulation leads to improper privilege management.
This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-54821. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.
GHSA
GHSA-hg7x-vp9f-fjh2: An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiOS 7
ghsa_unreviewed·2025-11-18
CVE-2025-54821 [LOW] CWE-269 GHSA-hg7x-vp9f-fjh2: An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiOS 7
An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4 all versions, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.6.0, FortiPAM 1.5 all versions, FortiPAM 1.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.3 all versions, FortiPAM 1.2 all versions, FortiPAM 1.1 all versions, FortiPAM 1.0 all versions, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiProxy 7.4 all versions, FortiProxy 7.2 all versions, FortiProxy 7.0 all versions may allow an authenticated administrator to bypass the trusted host policy via crafted CLI command.
Fortinet
Trusted hosts bypass via SSH
vendor_fortinet·2025-11-18·CVSS 1.9
CVE-2025-54821 [LOW] CWE-269 Trusted hosts bypass via SSH
FG-IR-25-545: Trusted hosts bypass via SSH
An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4 all versions, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.6.0, FortiPAM 1.5 all versions, FortiPAM 1.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.3 all versions, FortiPAM 1.2 all versions, FortiPAM 1.1 all versions, FortiPAM 1.0 all versions, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiProxy 7.4 all versions, FortiProxy 7.2 all versions, FortiProxy 7.0 all versions may allow an authenticated administrator to bypass the trusted host policy via crafted CLI command.
CVEs: CVE-2025-54821
CWEs: CWE-269
CVSS: 1.9 (low)
Affected products: FortiOS, FortiPAM, FortiProxy, Fortinet
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2025-11-18
Published