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CVE-2023-48784

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-134

Description

A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability [CWE-134] in FortiOS version 7.4.1 and below, version 7.2.7 and below, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions command line interface may allow a local privileged attacker with super-admin profile and CLI access to execute arbitrary code or commands via specially crafted requests.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiOS (FortiGate): from 6.4.0 before 7.0.16; from 7.2.0 before 7.2.8; from 7.4.0 before 7.4.2 — fixed in 7.0.16, 7.2.8, 7.4.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Fortinet FortiOS (FortiGate) 7.0.16, 7.2.8, 7.4.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-413
• https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-413

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