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CVE Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2022-40684

PUBLISHED

Known KEV

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Assigner-fortinet

Assigner Org ID-6abe59d8-c742-4dff-8ce8-9b0ca1073da8

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Published At-18 Oct, 2022 | 00:00

Updated At-30 Jul, 2025 | 01:37

▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

An authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel [CWE-288] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.6, FortiProxy version 7.2.0 and version 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 and FortiSwitchManager version 7.2.0 and 7.0.0 allows an unauthenticated atttacker to perform operations on the administrative interface via specially crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

Affected Products

Vendor

Fortinet, Inc.

Product

Fortinet FortiOS, FortiProxy, FortiSwitchManager

Versions

Affected

FortiOS 7.2.1, 7.2.0, 7.0.6, 7.0.5, 7.0.4, 7.0.3, 7.0.2, 7.0.1, 7.0.0; FortiProxy 7.2.0, 7.0.6, 7.0.5, 7.0.4, 7.0.3, 7.0.2, 7.0.1, 7.0.0; FortiSwitchManager 7.2.0, 7.0.0

Problem Types

Type	CWE ID	Description
text	N/A	Execute unauthorized code or commands

Metrics

Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
3.1	9.8	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:U/RC:C

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-377	N/A
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169431/Fortinet-FortiOS-FortiProxy-FortiSwitchManager-Authentication-Bypass.html	N/A
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171515/Fortinet-7.2.1-Authentication-Bypass.html	N/A

▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)

1. CVE Program Container

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-377	x_transferred
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169431/Fortinet-FortiOS-FortiProxy-FortiSwitchManager-Authentication-Bypass.html	x_transferred
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171515/Fortinet-7.2.1-Authentication-Bypass.html	x_transferred

2. CISA ADP Vulnrichment

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dateAdded:

2022-10-11

reference:

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-40684

Timeline

Event	Date
CVE-2022-40684 added to CISA KEV	2022-10-11 00:00:00

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