CVE-2025-53744

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-53744
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerfortinet
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-08-12 19:15:35 UTC
Updated2026-06-09 10:16:38 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.2 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-266 | CWE-266 Escalation of privilege

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.2HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS6.8MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fortinet Fortios All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Fortinet FortiOS affected 7.6.0 7.6.2 semver Not specified
CNA Fortinet FortiOS affected 7.4.0 7.4.7 semver Not specified
CNA Fortinet FortiOS affected 7.2.0 7.2.11 semver Not specified
CNA Fortinet FortiOS affected 7.0.0 7.0.17 semver Not specified
CNA Fortinet FortiOS affected 6.4.0 6.4.16 semver Not specified
ADP Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 affected * custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-864900.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-173 [email protected] fortiguard.fortinet.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.6.3 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.8 or above

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