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CVE-2023-50179

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 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: 2024-07-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-295

Description

An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiADC 7.4.0, 7.2 all versions, 7.1 all versions, 7.0 all versions may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack on the communication channel between the device and public SDN connectors.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiADC: from 7.0.0 before 7.4.1 — fixed in 7.4.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Fortinet FortiADC 7.4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-480
• https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-480

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