Fortinet FortiOS Path Traversal Vulnerability

Summary

CVECVE-2022-41328
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-03-07 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:52:00 UTC
DescriptionA improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory vulnerability ('path traversal') [CWE-22] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.0 through 7.0.9 and before 6.4.11 allows a privileged attacker to read and write files on the underlying Linux system via crafted CLI commands.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.123160000 probability, percentile 0.957650000 (date 2026-07-22)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2023-03-14; due 2023-04-04; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-22

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorFortinet
ProductFortiOS
NameFortinet FortiOS Path Traversal Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-369; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41328

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fortinet Fortios All All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios All All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios All All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios All All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PSIRT Advisories | FortiGuard MISC fortiguard.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 43992 FortiOS Path Traversal Vulnerability (FG-IR-22-369)
  • 44051 FortiOS Path Traversal Vulnerability (FG-IR-22-369) (Unauthenticated Check)

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