CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-24472

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Published: Feb 11, 2025 | Modified: Aug 07, 2025
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 vulnerability [CWE-288] affecting FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.16 and FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.12, 7.0.0 through 7.0.19 may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker with prior knowledge of upstream and downstream devices serial numbers to gain super-admin privileges on the downstream device, if the Security Fabric is enabled, via crafted CSF proxy requests.

Weakness

A product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Fortiproxy Fortinet 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.20 (excluding)
Fortiproxy Fortinet 7.2.0 (including) 7.2.13 (excluding)
Fortios Fortinet 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.17 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References