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CVE-2022-38378

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-02-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 and before 7.0.7 and FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and before 7.0.7 allows an attacker that has access to the admin profile section (System subsection Administrator Users) to modify their own profile and upgrade their privileges to Read Write via CLI or GUI commands.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiOS (FortiGate): from 6.0.0 before 7.0.8; from 7.2.0 before 7.2.1 — fixed in 7.0.8, 7.2.1
• Fortinet FortiProxy: from 1.1.0 through 2.0.9; from 7.0.0 before 7.0.8; from 7.2.0 before 7.2.2 — fixed in 7.0.8, 7.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Fortinet FortiOS (FortiGate) 7.0.8, 7.2.1; Fortinet FortiProxy 7.0.8, 7.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-346
• https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-346

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