An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability [CWE-78] in FortiADC 5.x all versions, 6.0 all…

Description

An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability [CWE-78] in FortiADC 5.x all versions, 6.0 all versions, 6.1 all versions, 6.2.0 through 6.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3, 7.1.0; FortiDDoS 4.x all versions, 5.0 all versions, 5.1 all versions, 5.2 all versions, 5.3 all versions, 5.4 all versions, 5.5 all versions, 5.6 all versions and FortiDDoS-F 6.4.0, 6.3.0 through 6.3.3, 6.2.0 through 6.2.2, 6.1.0 through 6.1.4 may allow an authenticated attacker to execute unauthorized commands via specifically crafted arguments to existing commands.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (6 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 7.1.

Weakness

• CWE-78: Execute unauthorized code or commands (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-78 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Fortinet · FortiDDoS

  • affected 5.6.0 – ≤ 5.6.1
  • affected 5.5.0 – ≤ 5.5.1
  • affected 5.4.0 – ≤ 5.4.2
  • affected 5.3.0 – ≤ 5.3.1
  • affected 5.2.0
  • affected 5.1.0
  • affected 5.0.0
  • affected 4.7.0
  • affected 4.6.0
  • affected 4.5.0
  • affected 4.4.0 – ≤ 4.4.2
  • affected 4.3.0 – ≤ 4.3.2
  • affected 4.2.1 – ≤ 4.2.2
  • affected 4.1.1 – ≤ 4.1.12
  • affected 4.0.0 – ≤ 4.0.1

• Fortinet · FortiDDoS-F

  • affected 6.4.0
  • affected 6.3.0 – ≤ 6.3.3
  • affected 6.2.0 – ≤ 6.2.2
  • affected 6.1.0 – ≤ 6.1.4

• Fortinet · FortiADC

  • affected 7.1.0
  • affected 7.0.0 – ≤ 7.0.3
  • affected 6.2.0 – ≤ 6.2.4
  • affected 6.1.0 – ≤ 6.1.6
  • affected 6.0.0 – ≤ 6.0.4
  • affected 5.4.0 – ≤ 5.4.5
  • affected 5.3.0 – ≤ 5.3.7
  • affected 5.2.0 – ≤ 5.2.8
  • affected 5.1.0 – ≤ 5.1.7
  • affected 5.0.0 – ≤ 5.0.4

What to do

Solution: Please upgrade to FortiDDoS-F version 6.4.1 or above Please upgrade to FortiDDoS-F version 6.3.4 or above Please upgrade to FortiDDoS-F version 6.2.3 or above Please upgrade to FortiDDoS-F version 6.1.5 or above Please upgrade to FortiDDoS version 5.7.0 or above Please upgrade to FortiADC version 7.1.1 or above Please upgrade to FortiADC version 7.0.4 or above Please upgrade to FortiADC version 6.2.5 or above

References (1)

• https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-335 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred

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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2022-40679](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2022-40679.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-40679)

Record last updated 23 Oct 2024, 14:30 UTC.