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CVE-2025-53744

Published: Aug 12, 2025

Modified: Feb 26, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.8

MEDIUM

Description

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability [CWE-266] in FortiOS Security Fabric version 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions, may allow a remote authenticated attacker with high privileges to escalate their privileges to super-admin via registering the device to a malicious FortiManager.

VendorProductVersions

Fortinet

FortiOS

affected
7.6.0 - <= 7.6.2
affected
7.4.0 - <= 7.4.7
affected
7.2.0 - <= 7.2.11
affected
7.0.0 - <= 7.0.17
affected
6.4.0 - <= 6.4.16

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-266

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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