Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2022-40684)
Severity: critical · Patch status: patched · Since 2022-10-11 · CVE-2022-40684
Fortinet FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager contain an authentication bypass vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform operations on the administrative interface via specially crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests. CISA added CVE-2022-40684 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Oct 11, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild. CISA reports known use in ransomware campaigns.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Nov 1, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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