Fortinet Multiple Products Path Traversal Vulnerability

🚨SEVERITY: MEDIUM — CVSS 6.0Security Advisory

TL;DR 📌

  • FortiOS, FortiPAM, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager contain a path traversal vulnerability that may allow an authenticated attacker with admin profile and at least read-write permissions to write or delete arbitrary files via specific CLI commands.
  • Highest CVSS: 6.0 (Medium).
  • Listed in CISA KEV (2026-10-16) — this is being exploited in the wild.
  • Fixed in 1.7.1, 7.0.7, 7.2.8, 7.4.10 — upgrade to this release or later.
  • CVEs: CVE-2025-61624.

What it is

FortiOS, FortiPAM, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager contain a path traversal vulnerability that may allow an authenticated attacker with admin profile and at least read-write permissions to write or delete arbitrary files via specific CLI commands.

For leadership 🧭

Executive summary. Risk is Medium (CVSS 6.0) across any Fortinet kit you run. Follow the remediation in the vendor advisory within Immediate — CISA KEV entries carry a federal remediation deadline.

Why it matters:

  • Exposure depends on deployment topology and which access paths reach the affected component.
  • Treat internet-facing and management-plane instances as higher risk than internal-only ones.
  • Keep monitoring for abnormal authentication and configuration events until upgrades complete.

Now / Next / Later:

  • Now: confirm whether you run the affected versions, and check exposure of any that are internet-facing.
  • Next: apply the remediation the advisory specifies, through an approved change window.
  • Later: add a control check so builds cannot drift back onto a vulnerable train.

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