Vulnerability · Published Oct 2, 2025 · Assigned by fortinet
CVE-2025-22862
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity authentication bypass in FortiOS from Fortinet. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] in FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.0.6 and above; and FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, 7.2 all versions, 7.0.5 and above may allow an authenticated attacker to elevate their privileges via triggering a malicious Webhook action in the Automation Stitch component.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Fortinet | FortiProxy | 7.6.0 – through 7.6.27.4.0 – through 7.4.87.2.0 – through 7.2.157.0.5 – through 7.0.22 |
| Fortinet | FortiOS | 7.4.0 – through 7.4.77.2.0 – through 7.2.117.0.6 – through 7.0.18 |
Weakness: CWE-288 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C