Vulnerability · Published Nov 18, 2025 · Assigned by fortinet

CVE-2025-47761

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in FortiClientWindows from Fortinet. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control vulnerability [CWE-782] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientWindows 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, FortiClientWindows 7.2.0 through 7.2.9 may allow an authenticated local user to execute unauthorized code via fortips driver. Success of the attack would require bypassing the Windows memory protections such as Heap integrity and HSP. In addition, it requires a valid and running VPN IPSec connection.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Fortinet	FortiClientWindows	7.4.0 – through 7.4.37.2.0 – through 7.2.9

Weakness: CWE-782 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:R

References

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-112