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CVE-2022-40684
CWE-287
Critical
103.8
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
Description
An authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel [CWE-288] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.6, FortiProxy version 7.2.0 and version 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 and FortiSwitchManager version 7.2.0 and 7.0.0 allows an unauthenticated atttacker to perform operations on the administrative interface via specially crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 9.8
- Critical · v3.1
- EPSS
- 99.98%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since Oct 2022
- Fix commit
- No known fix commit
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Published
- 18 Oct 2022
- Last modified 6 Aug 2026
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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time