CVE-2025-62676: Fortinet FortiClient

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability [CWE-59] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientWindows 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, FortiClientWindows 7.2.0 through 7.2.12, FortiClientWindows 7.0 all versions may allow a local low-privilege attacker to perform an arbitrary file write with elevated permissions via crafted named pipe messages.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiClient: from 7.0.0, before 7.2.13 (fixed in 7.2.13); from 7.4.0, before 7.4.5 (fixed in 7.4.5)

Published 2026-02-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.