A relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.8, FortiO…

published 2023-03-07 3 y ago modified 2026-10-22 17 d ago also EUVD-2022-45546

cvss: 8.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits: 0; none known

A relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.8, FortiOS 6.4.0 through 6.4.11, FortiOS 6.2.0 through 6.2.12, FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, FortiProxy 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, FortiProxy 2.0.0 through 2.0.11, FortiProxy 1.2 all versions, FortiProxy 01.02 all versions, FortiProxy 1.1 all versions, FortiProxy 01.01 all versions allows privileged VDOM administrators to escalate their privileges to super admin of the box via crafted CLI requests.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-24-074-11 updated 2026-01-14 cvss 8.2

Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 with Fortigate NGFW Devices

Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808
affected: fixed in V7.4.1

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-23)

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
CNA	3.1	8.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Fortinet FortiOS
Fortinet FortiProxy

Classification

Weakness

CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Technology feeds

Fortinet rss critical rss

References

fortiguard.com /psirt/FG-IR-22-401
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-42476
NVD CVE-2022-42476

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Summary