CVE-2025-61624
Fortinet Multiple Products Path Traversal Vulnerability
FortiOS, FortiPAM, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager contain a path traversal vulnerability that may allow an authenticated attacker with admin profile and at least read-write permissions to write or delete arbitrary files via specific CLI commands.
CISA due Oct 19, 2026
- Fortinet Multiple Products
- Moderate
- CVSS 5.4
- EPSS 1.08%
- No fixed version listed
What to do
No fixed version listed
- Required action
- 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.
- CISA deadline for US federal agencies
- Oct 19, 2026
Affected products
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Fortinet FortiOS | from 7.6.0 through 7.6.4; from 7.4.0 through 7.4.9; from 7.2.0 through 7.2.13; from 7.0.0 through 7.0.19; from 6.4.0 through 6.4.16 | None listed |
| Fortinet FortiProxy | from 7.6.0 through 7.6.4; from 7.4.0 through 7.4.11; from 7.2.0 through 7.2.16; from 7.0.0 through 7.0.23 | None listed |
| Fortinet FortiSwitchManager | from 7.2.0 through 7.2.7; from 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 | None listed |
| Fortinet FortiPAM | 1.7.0; from 1.6.0 through 1.6.2; from 1.5.0 through 1.5.1; from 1.4.0 through 1.4.3; from 1.3.0 through 1.3.1; 1.2.0; from 1.1.0 through 1.1.2; from 1.0.0 through 1.0.3 | None listed |
Scores and signals
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild
- Severity
- Moderate, CVSS 5.4 (v3.1, scored by fortinet)
- EPSS
- 1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS from FIRST, as of Oct 23, 2026)
- CISA's SSVC decision points
- Exploitation: active. Automatable: no. Technical impact: total. As of Oct 15, 2026.
- Weakness
- CWE-22: Escalation of privilege
- Vendor
- Fortinet, Multiple Products
Timeline
- Added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: exploited in the wild. US federal agencies must remediate by 2026-10-19.