CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-40679
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-04-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Description
An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability [CWE-78] in FortiADC 5.x all versions, 6.0 all versions, 6.1 all versions, 6.2.0 through 6.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3, 7.1.0; FortiDDoS 4.x all versions, 5.0 all versions, 5.1 all versions, 5.2 all versions, 5.3 all versions, 5.4 all versions, 5.5 all versions, 5.6 all versions and FortiDDoS-F 6.4.0, 6.3.0 through 6.3.3, 6.2.0 through 6.2.2, 6.1.0 through 6.1.4 may allow an authenticated attacker to execute unauthorized commands via specifically crafted arguments to existing commands.
Affected configurations
• fortinet fortiadc (>= 5.0.0 < 6.2.5)
• fortinet fortiddos (>= 4.0.0 < 5.7.0)
• fortinet fortiddos-f (>= 6.1.0 < 6.1.5)
• fortinet fortiddos-f (>= 6.2.0 < 6.2.3)
• fortinet fortiddos-f (>= 6.3.0 < 6.3.4)
• fortinet fortiddos-f 6.4.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-335 Vendor Advisory
- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-335 Vendor Advisory