CVE-2022-35844: Fortinet Fortitester

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability [CWE-78] in the management interface of FortiTester 2.3.0 through 3.9.1, 4.0.0 through 4.2.0, 7.0.0 through 7.1.0 may allow an authenticated attacker to execute unauthorized commands via specifically crafted arguments to commands of the certificate import feature.

Affected products

• Fortinet Fortitester: from 2.3.0, before 3.9.2 (fixed in 3.9.2); from 4.0.0, before 4.2.1 (fixed in 4.2.1); from 7.0.0, before 7.1.1 (fixed in 7.1.1)

Published 2022-10-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.