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CVE-2022-42476

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 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: 2023-03-07 · updated 2026-10-22
• Weakness: CWE-23

Description

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.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiOS (FortiGate): from 6.2.0 through 6.2.12; from 6.4.0 through 6.4.11; from 7.0.0 through 7.0.8; from 7.2.0 through 7.2.3
• Fortinet FortiProxy: from 1.1.0 through 1.1.6; from 1.2.0 through 1.2.13; from 2.0.0 through 2.0.11; from 7.0.0 through 7.0.7; 7.2.0, 7.2.1

References

• https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-401
• https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-401

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