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CVE-2025-22862

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-10-02 · updated 2026-10-18
• Weakness: CWE-288

Description

An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] in FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.0.6 and above; and FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, 7.2 all versions, 7.0.5 and above may allow an authenticated attacker to elevate their privileges via triggering a malicious Webhook action in the Automation Stitch component.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiOS (FortiGate): from 7.0.6 before 7.2.12; from 7.4.0 before 7.4.8 — fixed in 7.2.12, 7.4.8
• Fortinet FortiProxy: from 7.0.5 before 7.4.9; from 7.6.0 before 7.6.3 — fixed in 7.4.9, 7.6.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Fortinet FortiOS (FortiGate) 7.2.12, 7.4.8; Fortinet FortiProxy 7.4.9, 7.6.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-385
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-864900.html

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