Critical SEVERITY — Vulnerability

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

Fortinet FortiOS contains an exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor vulnerability. This 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.

Platform
FortiGate / FortiOS
CVE Record
CVE-2025-68686
Advisory
CISA-KEV
Published
27 July 2026
Views
27
Primary source: Review the official advisory at nvd.nist.gov Kaynağa Git

Durum

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Açıklama

Fortinet FortiOS contains an exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor vulnerability. This 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.

Künye

  • Üretici: Fortinet
  • Ürün: FortiOS
  • Katalog'a eklenme: 2026-07-27

CISA'nın Zorunlu Kıldığı Aksiyon

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). 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.

  • Federal kurumlar için son tarih: 2026-08-10
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