CVE-2022-45862: Fortinet FortiOS

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An insufficient session expiration vulnerability [CWE-613] vulnerability in FortiOS 7.2.5 and below, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions; FortiProxy 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions; FortiPAM 1.3 all versions, 1.2 all versions, 1.1 all versions, 1.0 all versions; FortiSwitchManager 7.2.1 and below, 7.0 all versions GUI may allow attackers to re-use websessions after GUI logout, should they manage to acquire the required credentials.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiOS: from 6.4.0, before 7.2.6 (fixed in 7.2.6)
• Fortinet Fortipam: from 1.0.0, before 1.4.0 (fixed in 1.4.0)
• Fortinet FortiProxy: from 7.0.0, before 7.4.0 (fixed in 7.4.0)
• Fortinet Fortiswitchmanager: from 7.0.0, before 7.2.2 (fixed in 7.2.2)

Published 2024-08-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.