CVE-2023-29179: Fortinet FortiOS

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A null pointer dereference in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.11, 6.4.0 through 6.4.12, Fortiproxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.10 allows attacker to denial of service via specially crafted HTTP requests.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiOS: from 6.4.0, before 6.4.13 (fixed in 6.4.13); from 7.0.0, before 7.0.12 (fixed in 7.0.12); from 7.2.0, before 7.2.5 (fixed in 7.2.5)
• Fortinet FortiProxy: from 7.0.0, before 7.0.11 (fixed in 7.0.11); from 7.2.0, before 7.2.5 (fixed in 7.2.5)

Published 2024-02-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.