⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2025-12-16. Federal agencies required to patch by 2025-12-23. Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable..

CVE-2025-59718

CWE-34714 documents9 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICAL
EPSS
7.6%
top 8.13%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2025-12-16
Due 2025-12-23
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 9
KEV addedDec 16
KEV dueDec 23
Latest updateApr 8
CISA Required Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description

A improper verification of cryptographic signature vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.17, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.10, FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.14, FortiProxy 7.0.0 through 7.0.21, FortiSwitchManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.6, FortiSwitchManager 7.0.0 through 7.0.5 allows an unauthenticated attacker to bypass the FortiCloud SSO login authentication via a craf

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages6 packages

NVDfortinet/fortios7.0.07.0.18+3
NVDfortinet/fortiproxy7.0.07.0.22+3
CVEListV5fortinet/fortios7.6.07.6.3+3
CVEListV5fortinet/fortiproxy7.6.07.6.3+3
NVDfortinet/fortiswitchmanager7.0.07.0.6+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-fjj2-p33c-f8qq: A improper verification of cryptographic signature vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 72025-12-09
CVEList
CVE-2025-59718: A improper verification of cryptographic signature vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 72025-12-09
VulnCheck
Fortinet Multiple Products Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Vulnerability2025

📋Vendor Advisories

2
CISA
Fortinet Multiple Products Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Vulnerability2025-12-16
Fortinet
Multiple Fortinet Products' FortiCloud SSO Login Authentication Bypass2025-12-09

🕵️Threat Intelligence

7
Rapid7
FortiGate CVE-2025-59718 Exploitation: Incident Response Findings2026-04-08
Bleepingcomputer
Fortinet confirms critical FortiCloud auth bypass not fully patched2026-01-23
Bleepingcomputer
Fortinet admins report patched FortiGate firewalls getting hacked2026-01-21
Bleepingcomputer
Over 25,000 FortiCloud SSO devices exposed to remote attacks2025-12-19
Bleepingcomputer
Hackers exploit newly patched Fortinet auth bypass flaws2025-12-16
CVE-2025-59718 (CRITICAL CVSS 9.8) | A improper verification of cryptogr | cvebase.io