CVE-2025-61624 PUBLISHED

Assigner: fortinet
Reserved: 29.09.2025 Published: 14.04.2026 Updated: 14.04.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score: 5.4

Product Status

Vendor Fortinet
Product FortiOS
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 7.6.0 to 7.6.4 (incl.)
  • affected from 7.4.0 to 7.4.9 (incl.)
  • affected from 7.2.0 to 7.2.13 (incl.)
  • affected from 7.0.0 to 7.0.19 (incl.)
  • affected from 6.4.0 to 6.4.16 (incl.)
Vendor Fortinet
Product FortiProxy
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 7.6.0 to 7.6.4 (incl.)
  • affected from 7.4.0 to 7.4.11 (incl.)
  • affected from 7.2.0 to 7.2.16 (incl.)
  • affected from 7.0.0 to 7.0.23 (incl.)
Vendor Fortinet
Product FortiSwitchManager
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 7.2.0 to 7.2.7 (incl.)
  • affected from 7.0.0 to 7.0.6 (incl.)
Vendor Fortinet
Product FortiPAM
Versions Default: unaffected
  • Version 1.7.0 is affected
  • affected from 1.6.0 to 1.6.2 (incl.)
  • affected from 1.5.0 to 1.5.1 (incl.)
  • affected from 1.4.0 to 1.4.3 (incl.)
  • affected from 1.3.0 to 1.3.1 (incl.)
  • Version 1.2.0 is affected
  • affected from 1.1.0 to 1.1.2 (incl.)
  • affected from 1.0.0 to 1.0.3 (incl.)

Solutions

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

References

Problem Types

  • Escalation of privilege CWE