CVE-2025-22254

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.…

Severity: High7.2CVSS 3.1, High
Known exploited: Not listed
Exploit prediction: 0.85%
Published: 10 Jun 2025Updated 17 Jun 2026 · Last verified 29 Sept 2026

Known remediation

Fixed releases per branch, as the vendor states them. Patcharo never infers a fix.

Fortinet FortiOS
Vendor advisory
- 7.6Fixed after 7.6.1
- 7.4Fixed after 7.4.6
- 7.2Fixed after 7.2.10
- 7.0Fixed after 7.0.16
- 6.4Fixed after 6.4.15
Fortinet FortiProxy
Vendor advisory
- 7.6Fixed after 7.6.1
- 7.4Fixed after 7.4.7
Fortinet FortiWeb
Vendor advisory
- 7.6Fixed after 7.6.1
- 7.4Fixed after 7.4.6

Workaround / Vendor remediation

Vendor remediation · FortiOS

Upgrade to upcoming FortiAuthenticator version 7.0.0 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.6.2 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.7 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.11 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.0.17 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 6.4.16 or above Upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.6.2 or above Upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.4.8 or above Upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.2.13 or above Upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.0.20 or above Upgrade to FortiWeb version 7.6.2 or above Upgrade to FortiWeb version 7.4.7 or above

Vendor remediation · FortiProxy

Vendor remediation · FortiWeb

Description

Title, description and vendor guidance are quoted from the source records.

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.16, FortiOS 6.4.0 through 6.4.15, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 7.4.6 allows an authenticated attacker with at least read-only admin permissions to gain super-admin privileges via crafted requests to Node.js websocket module.

Weakness: CWE-269

Known exploited

Not listed in CISA KEV as of the last check.

Exploit prediction

0.85% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 56%).

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

What the source states, per branch

Versions matched by Patcharo

Fortinet FortiOSSource: Fortinet (CVE record)

Branch	Affected	Fixed in
7.6	7.6.0 – 7.6.1	Fixed after 7.6.1
7.4	7.4.0 – 7.4.6	Fixed after 7.4.6
7.2	7.2.0 – 7.2.10	Fixed after 7.2.10
7.0	7.0.0 – 7.0.16	Fixed after 7.0.16
6.4	6.4.0 – 6.4.15	Fixed after 6.4.15

Versions not listed are stated unaffected by the vendor.

Fortinet FortiProxySource: Fortinet (CVE record)

Branch	Affected	Fixed in
7.6	7.6.0 – 7.6.1	Fixed after 7.6.1
7.4	7.4.0 – 7.4.7	Fixed after 7.4.7

Versions not listed are stated unaffected by the vendor.

Fortinet FortiWebSource: Fortinet (CVE record)

Branch	Affected	Fixed in
7.6	7.6.0 – 7.6.1	Fixed after 7.6.1
7.4	7.4.0 – 7.4.6	Fixed after 7.4.6

Versions not listed are stated unaffected by the vendor.

References

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-006(opens in a new tab)

Provenance

Every fact on this page comes from the sources below. Nothing is written by an AI.

Fortinet (CVE record): Fortinet (CVE record) · 29 Sept 2026 at 00:05 UTC · Parser patcharo-cve5/1.1.0
NVD: NVD · 27 Sept 2026 at 23:44 UTC · Parser patcharo-nvd/1.0.0
FIRST EPSS: FIRST EPSS · 30 Sept 2026 at 00:17 UTC · Parser patcharo-epss/1.0.0

Last verified: 29 Sept 2026 at 00:05 UTC