CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-40684

Improper Authentication

Published: Oct 18, 2022 | Modified: Aug 08, 2023
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Fortiproxy Fortinet 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.7 (excluding)
Fortiproxy Fortinet 7.2.0 (including) 7.2.0 (including)
Fortiswitchmanager Fortinet 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.0 (including)
Fortiswitchmanager Fortinet 7.2.0 (including) 7.2.0 (including)
Fortios Fortinet 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.7 (excluding)
Fortios Fortinet 7.2.0 (including) 7.2.2 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References