CVE-2022-40684

critical Fortinet ⚠️ CISA KEV — Exploited in the Wild
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
94.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 0% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: October 18, 2022 (1303 days ago)
Last Modified: January 14, 2026
Vendor: Fortinet

⚠️ CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Added to KEV: 2022-10-11
Remediation Due: 2022-11-01 (⚠ 1290d overdue)
Ransomware Campaign: Known

Description

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.

CWE

CWE-287

Affected Products

fortinet fortiproxyfortinet fortiswitchmanagerfortinet fortios

References

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