Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-41328 — Fortinet FortiOS Path Traversal Vulnerability
CVE-2022-41328 · FortiOS · CVSS 7.1 · KEV
In brief
Summary
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.
Weakness: CWE-22
Title, description and the vendor's statements are quoted from the CVE record; a vendor's advisory is summarised in Patcharo's words, with a link.
Affected and fixed versions
Per product and release branch, as the vendor's CVE record and official advisory state them. A fixed release is shown only when a document names it: the vendor's, or CERT-FR's for Check Point, with its source.
3 branches with a published fixed release · 2 branches without a precise fixed release
Fortinet FortiOS
Source: CVE-2022-41328
- 7.2End of lifeAffected versions7.2.0 – 7.2.3First fixed release7.2.4
- 7.0End of lifeAffected versions7.0.0 – 7.0.9First fixed release7.0.10
- 6.4End of lifeAffected versions6.4.0 – 6.4.11First fixed release6.4.12
- 6.2End of lifeAffected versions6.2.0 – 6.2.13First fixed releaseNot published in the sources followed
- 6.0End of lifeAffected versions6.0.0 – 6.0.16First fixed releaseNot published in the sources followed
Releases the vendor does not list are not affected.
Remediation
Fix available
Vendor fix
- FortiOS 7.27.2.4
- FortiOS 7.07.0.10
- FortiOS 6.46.4.12
Upgrade to a fixed release listed above for your branch, or to a later fixed release the vendor explicitly supports.
Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.4 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.0.10 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 6.4.12 or above
SourceFortinet (CVE record)
Vendor advisory
Last verified 1 Oct 2026 at 09:29 UTC
Known exploitation
Added to CISA KEV on 14 Mar 2023
Federal remediation due date: 4 Apr 2023
11% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 96%).
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CERT-FR
No CERT-FR advisory or alert of the last two years references this CVE, for the vendors Patcharo covers.
Timeline
- Published by the source
- Added to CISA KEV
- CISA remediation due date
- Source record last modified
- EPSS score computed
- Last verified by Patcharo
Official sources
- Fortinet (CVE record)retrieved 1 Oct 2026 at 09:29 UTC
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitiesretrieved 1 Oct 2026 at 09:28 UTC
- NVDretrieved 27 Sept 2026 at 23:44 UTC
- FIRST EPSSretrieved 30 Sept 2026 at 00:17 UTC
- FortiGuard FG-IR-22-369retrieved 1 Oct 2026 at 09:29 UTC
References
Fortinet · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities · NVD · FIRST EPSS · FortiGuard FG-IR-22-369
How Patcharo reads this
Affected and fixed releases come from the vendor's structured statements and are matched against exact versions; CVSS from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV and the vendor's own advisory, probability from FIRST EPSS. Missing data stays Unknown and never becomes Not affected.
Read the methodologyRead the guide: FortiOS version numbering: branches, patch releases and the Feature and Mature labels
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