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CVE-2025-54821

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 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: 2025-11-18 · updated 2026-10-20
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.11, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.6.0, FortiPAM 1.5 all versions, FortiPAM 1.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.3 all versions, FortiPAM 1.2 all versions, FortiPAM 1.1 all versions, FortiPAM 1.0 all versions, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.13, FortiProxy 7.2 all versions, FortiProxy 7.0 all versions may allow an authenticated administrator to bypass the trusted host policy via crafted CLI command.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiOS (FortiGate): from 6.4.0 before 7.6.4 — fixed in 7.6.4
• Fortinet FortiPAM: from 1.0.0 before 1.6.1 — fixed in 1.6.1
• Fortinet FortiProxy: from 7.0.0 before 7.6.4 — fixed in 7.6.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Fortinet FortiOS (FortiGate) 7.6.4; Fortinet FortiPAM 1.6.1; Fortinet FortiProxy 7.6.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-545
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-864900.html

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