CVE-2022-41328: Fortinet FortiOS Path Traversal Vulnerability

High severity, CVSS 7.1. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2023-03-14. EPSS: 10.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory vulnerability ('path traversal') [CWE-22] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.0 through 7.0.9 and before 6.4.11 allows a privileged attacker to read and write files on the underlying Linux system via crafted CLI commands.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiOS: from 6.0.0, up to and including 6.0.16; from 6.2.0, before 6.2.14 (fixed in 6.2.14); from 6.4.0, before 6.4.12 (fixed in 6.4.12); from 7.0.0, before 7.0.10 (fixed in 7.0.10); from 7.2.0, before 7.2.4 (fixed in 7.2.4)

Published 2023-03-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.