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CVE-2022-45856

An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiClientWindows 6.4 all versions, 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, FortiClientMac 6.4…

Medium4.6EPSS 0.23%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
fortinet

Description

An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiClientWindows 6.4 all versions, 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, FortiClientMac 6.4 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, FortiClientLinux 6.4 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, FortiClientAndroid 6.4 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 7.2.0 and FortiClientiOS 5.6 all versions, 6.0.0 through 6.0.1, 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 SAML SSO feature may allow an unauthenticated attacker to man-in-the-middle the communication between the FortiClient and  both the service provider and the identity provider.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By fortinet

  2. · 22 months later

    Published

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-2022-45856, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
fortinetCNA (assigner)3.1Medium4.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:C
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1Medium5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.23% · top 86% 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 4.6.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Fortinet · FortiClientiOS

    • affected 7.0.3 – ≤ 7.0.6
    • affected 7.0.0 – ≤ 7.0.1
    • affected 6.0.0 – ≤ 6.0.1
    • affected 5.6.5 – ≤ 5.6.6
    • affected 5.6.0 – ≤ 5.6.1
    • affected 5.4.3 – ≤ 5.4.4
    • affected 5.4.0 – ≤ 5.4.1
    • affected 5.2.0 – ≤ 5.2.3
    • affected 5.0.0 – ≤ 5.0.3
    • affected 4.0.0 – ≤ 4.0.2
    • affected 2.0.0 – ≤ 2.0.1

  • Fortinet · FortiClientAndroid

    • affected 7.2.0
    • affected 7.0.6 – ≤ 7.0.7
    • affected 7.0.2 – ≤ 7.0.3
    • affected 7.0.0
    • affected 6.4.6
    • affected 6.4.4
    • affected 6.4.1
    • affected 6.0.0
    • affected 5.6.0
    • affected 5.4.0 – ≤ 5.4.2
    • affected 5.2.0 – ≤ 5.2.8
    • affected 5.0.0 – ≤ 5.0.3

  • Fortinet · FortiClientMac

    • affected 7.2.0 – ≤ 7.2.4
    • affected 7.0.0 – ≤ 7.0.13
    • affected 6.4.0 – ≤ 6.4.10

  • Fortinet · FortiClientLinux

    • affected 7.2.0 – ≤ 7.2.4
    • affected 7.0.0 – ≤ 7.0.13
    • affected 6.4.7 – ≤ 6.4.9
    • affected 6.4.0 – ≤ 6.4.4

  • Fortinet · FortiClientWindows

    • affected 7.0.0 – ≤ 7.0.7
    • affected 6.4.0 – ≤ 6.4.10

What to do

Solution: Please upgrade to FortiClientAndroid version 7.2.1 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientiOS version 7.0.7 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientMac version 7.4.0 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientMac version 7.2.5 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientLinux version 7.4.0 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientLinux version 7.2.5 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientWindows version 7.2.0 or above Please upgrade to FortiClientWindows version 7.0.8 or above

References (1)

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