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CVE-2023-46717 — An improper authentication vulnerability [CWE-287] in FortiOS versions 7.4.1 and below, versions 7.2.6 and be…

CVE-2023-46717 · FortiOS · CVSS 8.8

In brief

Severity · CVSS
High8.8CVSS 3.1, High
EPSS
0.64%
CISA KEV
Not listed
CERT-FR
No advisory or alert referenced in the catalog
Vendor
Fortinet
Products
FortiOS
Published · Modified
·
Last verified

Summary

An improper authentication vulnerability [CWE-287] in FortiOS versions 7.4.1 and below, versions 7.2.6 and below, and versions 7.0.12 and below when configured with FortiAuthenticator in HA may allow a readonly user to gain read-write access via successive login attempts.

Weakness: CWE-287

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.

2 branches with a published fixed release · 1 branch without a precise fixed release

Fortinet FortiOS

Source: CVE-2023-46717

  1. 7.4
    Affected versions7.4.0 – 7.4.1
    First fixed release7.4.2
  2. 7.2End of life
    Affected versions7.2.0 – 7.2.6
    First fixed release7.2.7
  3. 7.0End of life
    Affected versions7.0.0 – 7.0.12
    First fixed releaseNot published in the sources followed

Releases the vendor does not list are not affected.

Remediation

Fix available

Vendor fix

  • FortiOS 7.47.4.2
  • FortiOS 7.27.2.7

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

Please upgrade to FortiOS 7.4.2 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS 7.2.7 or above Please upgrade to ForitOS 7.0.13 or above Workaround- Disable push notifications for FortiAuthenticator: For RADIUS Authentication (From FortiAuthenticator)- ## RADIUS Service > Policies > (select policy) > Authentication Factors > Advanced Options > ## Allow FortiToken Mobile push notifications (*disable)*

SourceFortinet (CVE record)

Vendor advisory

Sourcehttps://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-424

Last verified 1 Oct 2026 at 09:29 UTC

Known exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV as of the last check.

0.64% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 49%).

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-23-424

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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