CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-39948

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Feb 16, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.4
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, 6.4 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions and FortiProxy 7.0.0 through 7.0.6, 2.0 all versions, 1.2 all versions may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack on the communication channel between the FortiOS/FortiProxy device and remote servers hosting threat feeds (when the latter are configured as Fabric connectors in FortiOS/FortiProxy)

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FortiproxyFortinet1.2.0 (including)2.0.9 (including)
FortiproxyFortinet7.0.0 (including)7.0.7 (excluding)
FortiosFortinet6.0.0 (including)7.0.8 (excluding)
FortiosFortinet7.2.0 (including)7.2.4 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

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