CVE-2023-47536: Fortinet FortiOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiOS version 7.2.0, version 7.0.13 and below, version 6.4.14 and below and FortiProxy version 7.2.3 and below, version 7.0.9 and below, version 2.0.12 and below may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the firewall deny geolocalisation policy via timing the bypass with a GeoIP database update.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiOS: from 6.4.0, up to and including 6.4.14; from 7.0.0, up to and including 7.0.13; version 7.2.0 only
• Fortinet FortiProxy: from 2.0.0, up to and including 2.0.12; from 7.0.0, up to and including 7.0.9; from 7.2.0, up to and including 7.2.3

Published 2023-12-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.