Vulnerability record

CVE-2025-61624

Severity: ElevatedExploitation: No known exploitation

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

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Description

An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') [CWE-22] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.9, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.7.0, FortiPAM 1.6 all versions, FortiPAM 1.5 all versions, FortiPAM 1.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.3 all versions, FortiPAM 1.2 all versions, FortiPAM 1.1 all versions, FortiPAM 1.0 all versions, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.11, FortiProxy 7.2 all versions, FortiProxy 7.0 all versions, FortiSwitchManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.7, FortiSwitchManager 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 may allow an authenticated attacker with admin profile and at least read-write permissions to write or delete arbitrary files via specific CLI commands.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsFixed inSource
FortiGate / FortiOSFortinet>= 6.4.0, < 7.4.10; >= 7.6.0, < 7.6.5; >= 7.0.0, < 7.4.127.4.10; 7.6.5; 7.4.12NVD

Sources: NVD = NIST National Vulnerability Database.

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  1. CVSS scoredUpdate

    CVE-2025-61624 scored CVSS 6.5

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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