CVE-2025-61624

An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') [CWE-22] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.9, FortiOS 7.2 all versions,

Severity
Medium 5.4
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.005
40.0th percentile
Discovered by
Not disclosed
Published
Apr 14, 2026
Assigned by fortinet

Description

An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') [CWE-22] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.9, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.7.0, FortiPAM 1.6 all versions, FortiPAM 1.5 all versions, FortiPAM 1.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.3 all versions, FortiPAM 1.2 all versions, FortiPAM 1.1 all versions, FortiPAM 1.0 all versions, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.11, FortiProxy 7.2 all versions, FortiProxy 7.0 all versions, FortiSwitchManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.7, FortiSwitchManager 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 may allow an authenticated attacker with admin profile and at least read-write permissions to write or delete arbitrary files via specific CLI commands.

Weakness: CWE-22

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Fortinet FortiOS Firewall / NGFW cna-assigner
Fortinet FortiPAM Identity / IAM / MFA cna-assigner
Fortinet FortiProxy SASE / SSE / Secure Web cna-assigner
Fortinet FortiSwitch Routing & Switching cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (5)
  • Fortinet · FortiOS
  • Fortinet · FortiProxy
  • Fortinet · FortiSwitchManager
  • Fortinet · FortiPAM
  • Siemens · RUGGEDCOM APE1808

Vendor remediation

Upgrade to upcoming FortiOS version 8.0.0 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.6.5 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.10 or above Upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.6.5 or above Upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.4.12 or above Upgrade to FortiPAM version 1.8.0 or above Upgrade to FortiPAM version 1.7.1 or above Fortinet remediated this issue in FortiSASE version 25.4.b and hence customers do not need to perform any action. Upgrade to upcoming FortiSwitch version 8.0.0 or above Upgrade to FortiSwitch version 7.6.5 or above Upgrade to FortiSwitch version 7.4.9 or above Upgrade to FortiSwitchManager version 7.2.8 or above Upgrade to FortiSwitchManager version 7.0.7 or above