CVE-2025-68686
An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability [CWE-200] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the patch developed for the symbolic link persistency mechanism observed in some post-exploit cases, via crafted HTTP requests. An attacker would need first to have compromised the product via another vulnerability, at filesystem level.
CVSS Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| fortinet | fortios | * ≥ 6.4.0 < 7.4.7 |
| fortinet | fortios | * ≥ 7.6.0 < 7.6.2 |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-839g-m33x-3w78
An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability [CWE-200]...
References (2)
- https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-934 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-68686 US Government Resource
Risk Scores
Top 33% most likely to be exploited
CISA Known Exploited
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