CVE-2021-44168: Fortinet FortiOS Arbitrary File Download

High severity, CVSS 7.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2021-12-10. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A download of code without integrity check vulnerability in the "execute restore src-vis" command of FortiOS before 7.0.3 may allow a local authenticated attacker to download arbitrary files on the device via specially crafted update packages.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiOS: before 6.0.14 (fixed in 6.0.14); from 6.2.0, before 6.2.10 (fixed in 6.2.10); from 6.4.0, before 6.4.8 (fixed in 6.4.8); from 7.0.0, before 7.0.3 (fixed in 7.0.3)

Published 2022-01-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.