CVE-2022-41328
Fortinet FortiOS Path Traversal Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 4 April 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory vulnerability ('path traversal') [CWE-22] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.0 through 7.0.9 and before 6.4.11 allows a privileged attacker to read and write files on the underlying Linux system via crafted CLI commands.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 10.68% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 14 March 2023 · due 4 April 2023
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- fortinet/fortios
- Source
- psirt@fortinet.com
EPSS 10.7% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-369; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41328
References
- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-369Vendor Advisory
- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-369Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-41328US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.