CVE-2022-35843
An authentication bypass by assumed-immutable data vulnerability [CWE-302] in the FortiOS SSH login component 7.2.0, 7.0.0 through 7.0.7,…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- fortinet
Description
An authentication bypass by assumed-immutable data vulnerability [CWE-302] in the FortiOS SSH login component 7.2.0, 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, 6.4.0 through 6.4.9, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions and FortiProxy SSH login component 7.0.0 through 7.0.5, 2.0.0 through 2.0.10, 1.2.0 all versions may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to login into the device via sending specially crafted Access-Challenge response from the Radius server.
Timeline
ID reserved
By fortinet
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 23 months later
· 23 months 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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| fortinetCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.95% · top 39% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.7.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 7.2.0
- affected 7.0.0 – ≤ 7.0.6
- affected 6.4.0 – ≤ 6.4.9
- affected 6.2.0 – ≤ 6.2.12
- affected 6.0.0 – ≤ 6.0.15
- affected 6.2.0 – < 6.2.*
- affected 6.0.0 – < 6.0.*
- affected 7.0.0 – ≤ 7.0.5
- affected 2.0.0 – ≤ 2.0.10
- affected 1.2.0 – ≤ 1.2.13
What to do
Solution: Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.2 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.0.8 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 6.4.10 or above Please upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.0.7 or above Please upgrade to FortiProxy version 2.0.11 or above
References (1)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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