CyberCVE

CVE-2025-53744

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability [CWE-266] in FortiOS Security Fabric version 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions, may allow a

Severity
Medium 6.8
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.006
49.0th percentile
Discovered by
Third party
Vendor advisory field
Published
Aug 12, 2025
Assigned by fortinet

Description

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability [CWE-266] in FortiOS Security Fabric version 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions, may allow a remote authenticated attacker with high privileges to escalate their privileges to super-admin via registering the device to a malicious FortiManager.

Weakness: CWE-266

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Fortinet FortiOS Firewall / NGFW cna-assigner
Vendor-reported products (2)
  • Fortinet · FortiOS
  • Siemens · RUGGEDCOM APE1808

Credit

Fortinet is pleased to thank Arturo Cruz from Telefónica Tech's Cybersecurity Architecture team for reporting this vulnerability under responsible disclosure.

Vendor remediation

Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.6.3 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.8 or above

References

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