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CVE-2023-29181 — A use of externally-controlled format string in Fortinet FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.11, 6…

CVE-2023-29181 · FortiOS · CVSS 8.8

In brief

Severity · CVSS
High8.8CVSS 3.1, High
EPSS
0.72%
CISA KEV
Not listed
CERT-FR
No advisory or alert referenced in the catalog
Vendor
Fortinet
Published · Modified
·
Last verified

Summary

A use of externally-controlled format string in Fortinet FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.11, 6.4.0 through 6.4.12, 6.2.0 through 6.2.14, 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.10, 2.0.0 through 2.0.12, 1.2.0 through 1.2.13, 1.1.0 through 1.1.6, 1.0.0 through 1.0.7, FortiPAM 1.0.0 through 1.0.3 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially crafted command.

Weakness: CWE-134

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.

8 branches with a published fixed release · 12 branches to migrate

Fortinet FortiPAM

Source: FG-IR-23-119CVE-2023-29181

  1. 1.1
    Affected versionsNot affected
    First fixed release—
  2. 1.0
    Affected versions1.0.0 – 1.0.3
    First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required

Releases the vendor does not list are not affected.

Fortinet FortiOS

Source: FG-IR-23-119CVE-2023-29181

  1. 7.4
    Affected versionsNot affected
    First fixed release—
  2. 7.2End of life
    Affected versions7.2.0 – 7.2.4
    First fixed release7.2.5
  3. 7.0End of life
    Affected versions7.0.0 – 7.0.11
    First fixed release7.0.12
  4. 6.4End of life
    Affected versions6.4.0 – 6.4.12
    First fixed release6.4.13
  5. 6.2End of life
    Affected versions6.2.0 – 6.2.14
    First fixed release6.2.15
  6. 6.0End of life
    Affected versions6.0.0 – 6.0.16
    First fixed release6.0.17
  7. 5.6End of life
    Affected versions5.6.0 – 5.6.14
    First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required
  8. 5.4End of life
    Affected versions5.4.0 – 5.4.13
    First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required
  9. 5.2End of life
    Affected versions5.2.0 – 5.2.15
    First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required
  10. 5.0End of life
    Affected versions5.0.0 – 5.0.14
    First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required
  11. 4.3End of life
    Affected versions4.3.0 – 4.3.19
    First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required
  12. 4.2End of life
    Affected versions4.2.0 – 4.2.16
    First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required
  13. 4.1End of life
    Affected versions4.1.1 – 4.1.11
    First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required
  14. 4.0End of life
    Affected versions4.0.0 – 4.0.4
    First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required

Releases the vendor does not list are not affected.

Fortinet FortiProxy

Source: FG-IR-23-119CVE-2023-29181

  1. 7.2Approaching end of support
    Affected versions7.2.0 – 7.2.4
    First fixed release7.2.5
  2. 7.0End of life
    Affected versions7.0.0 – 7.0.10
    First fixed release7.0.11
  3. 2.0End of life
    Affected versions2.0.0 – 2.0.12
    First fixed release2.0.13
  4. 1.2End of life
    Affected versions1.2.0 – 1.2.13
    First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required
  5. 1.1End of life
    Affected versions1.1.0 – 1.1.6
    First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required
  6. 1.0End of life
    Affected versions1.0.0 – 1.0.7
    First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required

Releases the vendor does not list are not affected.

Remediation

Fix available

Vendor fix

  • FortiOS 7.27.2.5
  • FortiOS 7.07.0.12
  • FortiOS 6.46.4.13
  • FortiOS 6.26.2.15
  • FortiOS 6.06.0.17
  • FortiProxy 7.27.2.5
  • FortiProxy 7.07.0.11
  • FortiProxy 2.02.0.13

Upgrade to a fixed release listed above for your branch, or to a later fixed release the vendor explicitly supports.

Branches without a fix of their own: migrate to a fixed release

  • FortiPAM 1.0
  • FortiOS 5.6
  • FortiOS 5.4
  • FortiOS 5.2
  • FortiOS 5.0
  • FortiOS 4.3
  • FortiOS 4.2
  • FortiOS 4.1
  • FortiOS 4.0
  • FortiProxy 1.2
  • FortiProxy 1.1
  • FortiProxy 1.0

Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.0 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.5 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.0.12 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 6.4.13 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 6.2.15 or above Please upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.2.5 or above Please upgrade to

Full text

FortiProxy version 7.0.11 or above Please upgrade to FortiProxy version 2.0.13 or above Please upgrade to FortiPAM version 1.1.0 or above

SourceFortinet (CVE record)

SourceFortiGuard FG-IR-23-119

Last verified 1 Oct 2026 at 09:29 UTC

Known exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV as of the last check.

0.72% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 52%).

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CERT-FR

No CERT-FR advisory or alert of the last two years references this CVE, for the vendors Patcharo covers.

Timeline

  1. Published by the source
  2. Source record last modified
  3. EPSS score computed
  4. Last verified by Patcharo

Official sources

References

Fortinet · NVD · FIRST EPSS · FortiGuard FG-IR-23-119

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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