CVE-2025-53847

A missing authentication for critical function vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.17, FortiOS 6

Severity
Medium 6.2
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.003
21.1th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Vendor advisory field
Published
Apr 14, 2026
Assigned by fortinet

Description

A missing authentication for critical function vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.17, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiOS 6.2.9 through 6.2.17 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially crafted packets.

Weakness: CWE-306

Affected products

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

Credit

Internally discovered and reported by Gwendal Guégniaud of Fortinet Product Security Team.

Vendor remediation

Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.6.4 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.9 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.12 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.0.18 or above

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