CVE-2023-42788: Fortinet Fortianalyzer

Medium severity, CVSS 6.7. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An improper neutralization of special elements used in an os command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability [CWE-78] in FortiManager & FortiAnalyzer version 7.4.0, version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, version 7.0.0 through 7.0.8, version 6.4.0 through 6.4.12 and version 6.2.0 through 6.2.11 may allow a local attacker with low privileges to execute unauthorized code via specifically crafted arguments to a CLI command

Affected products

• Fortinet Fortianalyzer: from 6.2.0, up to and including 6.2.11; from 6.4.0, up to and including 6.4.12; from 7.0.0, up to and including 7.0.8; from 7.2.0, up to and including 7.2.3; version 7.4.0 only
• Fortinet FortiManager: from 6.2.0, up to and including 6.2.11; from 6.4.0, up to and including 6.4.12; from 7.0.0, up to and including 7.0.8; from 7.2.0, up to and including 7.2.3; version 7.4.0 only

Published 2023-10-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.