CriticalCVECISA — Known Exploited Vulnerabilities· 11 Oct 2022
CVE-2022-40684 — Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Severity: Critical · Kind: Vulnerability
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Fortinet Multiple Products. Fortinet FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager contain an authentication bypass vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform operations on the administrative interface via specially crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability facts
- CVE
- CVE-2022-40684
- On CISA KEV since
- 2022-10-11
- Ransomware use
- Known
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