fkie_cve-2025-53744
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-08-12 19:15
Modified
2025-08-15 12:27
Severity ?
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An 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.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-173Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fortinet fortios *
fortinet fortios *


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  "lastModified": "2025-08-15T12:27:51.930",
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