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CVE-2022-27491

A improper verification of source of a communication channel in Fortinet FortiOS with IPS engine version 7.201 through 7.214, 7.001…

Medium6.8EPSS 1.5%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
fortinet

Description

A improper verification of source of a communication channel in Fortinet FortiOS with IPS engine version 7.201 through 7.214, 7.001 through 7.113, 6.001 through 6.121, 5.001 through 5.258 and before 4.086 allows a remote and unauthenticated attacker to trigger the sending of "blocked page" HTML data to an arbitrary victim via crafted TCP requests, potentially flooding the victim.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By fortinet

  2. · 6 months later

    Published

  3. · 2 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2022-27491, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
fortinetCNA (assigner)3.1Medium6.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:F/RL:U/RC:C
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

  • Denial of service

Affected products

  • Fortinet · Fortinet FortiOS

    • affected FortiOS 7.2.0, 7.0.5, 7.0.4, 7.0.3, 7.0.2, 7.0.1, 7.0.0, 6.4.9, 6.4.8, 6.4.7, 6.4.6, 6.4.5, 6.4.4, 6.4.3, 6.4.2, 6.4.1, 6.4.0, 6.2.10, 6.2.9, 6.2.8, 6.2.7, 6.2.6, 6.2.5, 6.2.4, 6.2.3, 6.2.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.0, 6.0.14, 6.0.13, 6.0.12, 6.0.11, 6.0.10, 6.0.9, 6.0.8, 6.0.7, 6.0.6, 6.0.5, 6.0.4, 6.0.3, 6.0.2, 6.0.1, 6.0.0

References (1)

Sources

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