CVE-2022-42476: Fortinet FortiOS

High severity, CVSS 8.2. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, 7.0.0 through 7.0.8 and before 6.4.11, FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.8 allows privileged VDOM administrators to escalate their privileges to super admin of the box via crafted CLI requests.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiOS: 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, up to and including 7.0.8; from 7.2.0, up to and including 7.2.3
• 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, up to and including 7.0.7; version 7.2.0 only; version 7.2.1 only

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