CVE-2022-29054: Fortinet FortiOS

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A missing cryptographic steps vulnerability [CWE-325] in the functions that encrypt the DHCP and DNS keys in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0, 7.0.0 through 7.0.5, 6.4.0 through 6.4.9, 6.2.x and 6.0.x may allow an attacker in possession of the encrypted key to decipher it.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiOS: from 6.0.0, up to and including 6.0.16; from 6.2.0, up to and including 6.2.12; from 6.4.0, up to and including 6.4.11; from 7.0.0, before 7.0.8 (fixed in 7.0.8); version 7.2.0 only
• Fortinet FortiProxy: from 1.1.0, up to and including 1.1.6; from 1.2.0, up to and including 1.2.13; from 2.0.0, up to and including 2.0.11; from 7.0.0, before 7.0.8 (fixed in 7.0.8); version 7.2.0 only; version 7.2.1 only

Published 2023-02-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.