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CVE-2022-42469
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2023-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-183
Description
A permissive list of allowed inputs vulnerability [CWE-183] in FortiGate version 7.2.3 and below, version 7.0.9 and below Policy-based NGFW Mode may allow an authenticated SSL-VPN user to bypass the policy via bookmarks in the web portal.
Affected products
- Fortinet FortiOS (FortiGate): from 7.0.0 before 7.0.11; from 7.2.0 before 7.2.4 — fixed in 7.0.11, 7.2.4
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Fortinet FortiOS (FortiGate) 7.0.11, 7.2.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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