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CVE-2022-41328

7.1 HIGH Known exploited Published 2023-03-07 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Fortinet FortiOS Path Traversal Vulnerability — Fortinet FortiOS

Fortinet FortiOS contains a path traversal vulnerability that may allow a local privileged attacker to read and write files via crafted CLI commands.

Added to KEV: 2023-03-14
Remediation due: 2023-04-04
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes: https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-369; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41328

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2023-03-07
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses: CWE-22

Description

A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory vulnerability ('path traversal') [CWE-22] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.0 through 7.0.9 and before 6.4.11 allows a privileged attacker to read and write files on the underlying Linux system via crafted CLI commands.

Affected configurations

• fortinet fortios (>= 6.0.0 <= 6.0.16) • fortinet fortios (>= 6.2.0 < 6.2.14) • fortinet fortios (>= 6.4.0 < 6.4.12) • fortinet fortios (>= 7.0.0 < 7.0.10) • fortinet fortios (>= 7.2.0 < 7.2.4)

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References