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CVE-2025-68686 — Fortinet FortiOS Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability

CVE-2025-68686 · FortiOS · CVSS 5.9 · KEV

In brief

Severity · CVSS
Medium5.9CVSS 3.1, Medium
EPSS
30%
CISA KEV
Known exploited, listed since 27 Jul 2026
Vendor
Fortinet
Products
FortiOS
Published · Modified
·
Last verified

Summary

An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability [CWE-200] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the patch developed for the symbolic link persistency mechanism observed in some post-exploit cases, via crafted HTTP requests. An attacker would need first to have compromised the product via another vulnerability, at filesystem level.

Weakness: CWE-200

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 · 3 branches to migrate

Fortinet FortiOS

Source: FG-IR-25-934CVE-2025-68686

  1. 7.6
    Affected versions7.6.0 – 7.6.1
    First fixed release7.6.2
  2. 7.4
    Affected versions7.4.0 – 7.4.6
    First fixed release7.4.7
  3. 7.2End of life
    Affected versions7.2.0 – 7.2.13
    First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required
  4. 7.0End of life
    Affected versions7.0.0 – 7.0.19
    First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required
  5. 6.4End of life
    Affected versions6.4.0 – 6.4.16
    First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required

Releases the vendor does not list are not affected.

Remediation

Fix available

Vendor fix

  • FortiOS 7.67.6.2
  • FortiOS 7.47.4.7

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

  • FortiOS 7.2
  • FortiOS 7.0
  • FortiOS 6.4

Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.6.2 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.7 or above

SourceFortinet (CVE record)

SourceFortiGuard FG-IR-25-934

CISA KEV required action

Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes).

Full CISA action

Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

CISA due date:

SourceCISA KEV

CERT-FR recommendation

Refer to the vendor's security bulletin to obtain patches (see Documentation section).

SourceCERTFR-2026-AVI-0147

Last verified 1 Oct 2026 at 09:32 UTC

Known exploitation

Added to CISA KEV on 27 Jul 2026

Federal remediation due date: 10 Aug 2026

The CISA required action is shown under Remediation.

30% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 98%).

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

CERT-FR

1 document of the French national CERT (ANSSI) references this CVE.

Advisory (AVI)CERTFR-2026-AVI-0147Published 11 Feb 2026

Multiple vulnerabilities in Fortinet products

Remote cross-site scripting (XSS)Remote arbitrary code executionSecurity policy bypassData confidentiality breachPrivilege escalation

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Fortinet products. Some of them allow an attacker to cause remote arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, and a data confidentiality breach.

Recommendation

Refer to the vendor's security bulletin to obtain patches (see Documentation section).

Official document on cert.ssi.gouv.frread by Patcharo 28 Sept 2026 at 20:04 UTCMachine translation of the French text published by CERT-FR; a text whose translation did not pass Patcharo's checks stays in French. Identifiers, versions and links are copied unchanged.

Timeline

  1. Published by the source
  2. Added to CISA KEV
  3. Source record last modified
  4. CISA remediation due date
  5. EPSS score computed
  6. Last verified by Patcharo

Official sources

References

Fortinet · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities · NVD · FIRST EPSS · FortiGuard FG-IR-25-934

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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Other records affecting the same products, newest first.

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  • CVE-2026-22153An Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness vulnerability [CWE-305] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 …High

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