Vulnerability · Published Nov 18, 2025 · Assigned by fortinet

CVE-2025-54821

Low 1.7

In plain English

A low-severity privilege mismanagement 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 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)1.7Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.11, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.6.0, FortiPAM 1.5 all versions, FortiPAM 1.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.3 all versions, FortiPAM 1.2 all versions, FortiPAM 1.1 all versions, FortiPAM 1.0 all versions, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.13, FortiProxy 7.2 all versions, FortiProxy 7.0 all versions may allow an authenticated administrator to bypass the trusted host policy via crafted CLI command.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 – through 7.6.37.4.0 – through 7.4.117.2.0 – through 7.2.137.0.0 – through 7.0.196.4.0 – through 6.4.16
Fortinet FortiProxy 7.6.0 – through 7.6.37.4.0 – through 7.4.137.2.0 – through 7.2.167.0.0 – through 7.0.23
Fortinet FortiPAM 1.6.01.5.0 – through 1.5.11.4.0 – through 1.4.31.3.0 – through 1.3.11.2.01.1.0 – through 1.1.21.0.0 – through 1.0.3

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:R

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