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CVE-2025-68686

An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability [CWE-200] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through…

Medium5.3Known exploitedEPSS 29.5%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
fortinet

Description

An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability [CWE-200] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the patch developed for the symbolic link persistency mechanism observed in some post-exploit cases, via crafted HTTP requests. An attacker would need first to have compromised the product via another vulnerability, at filesystem level.

Exploited in the wild

CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Fortinet FortiOS Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability.

Added
27 Jul 2026
Fix due (US federal)
10 Aug 2026
Used by ransomware
Not known

Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2025-68686, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
fortinetCNA (assigner)3.1Medium5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/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)
29.5% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: active · 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 5.3.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Fortinet · FortiOS

    • affected 7.6.0 – ≤ 7.6.1
    • affected 7.4.0 – ≤ 7.4.6
    • affected 7.2.0 – ≤ 7.2.13
    • affected 7.0.0 – ≤ 7.0.19
    • affected 6.4.0 – ≤ 6.4.16

What to do

Solution: Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.6.2 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.7 or above

References (2)

Sources

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