Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2025 · Assigned by fortinet

CVE-2025-22258

Medium 5.7

In plain English

A medium-severity heap buffer overflow 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 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 53.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A heap-based buffer overflow in Fortinet FortiSRA 1.5.0, 1.4.0 through 1.4.2, FortiPAM 1.5.0, 1.4.0 through 1.4.2, 1.3.0 through 1.3.1, 1.2.0, 1.1.0 through 1.1.2, 1.0.0 through 1.0.3, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, 7.0.2 through 7.0.16, FortiSwitchManager 7.2.1 through 7.2.5 allows attackers to escalate their privilege via specially crafted http requests.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Fortinet FortiPAM 1.5.01.4.0 – through 1.4.21.3.0 – through 1.3.11.2.01.1.0 – through 1.1.21.0.0 – through 1.0.3
Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 – through 7.6.27.4.0 – through 7.4.67.2.0 – through 7.2.107.0.2 – through 7.0.16
Fortinet FortiSRA 1.5.01.4.0 – through 1.4.2
Fortinet FortiProxy 7.6.0 – through 7.6.17.4.0 – through 7.4.7
Fortinet FortiSwitchManager 7.2.1 – through 7.2.5

Weakness: CWE-122 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:W/RC:R

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