CVE-2025-68686
Fortinet · published 2026-02-10
Source record Collected from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
CISA lists this CVE as known exploited (added 2026-07-27).
- CISA's name for it: Fortinet FortiOS Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability
- CISA's description: Fortinet FortiOS contains an exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor vulnerability. This may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the patch developed for the symbolic link persistency mechanism observed in some post-exploit cases, via crafted HTTP requests. An attacker would need first to have compromised the product via another vulnerability, at filesystem level.
- Known ransomware campaign use, per CISA: Unknown
Source: CISA KEV catalog (CC0 1.0).
Description
Description by Fortinet, Inc. via the CVE Program.
An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability [CWE-200] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the patch developed for the symbolic link persistency mechanism observed in some post-exploit cases, via crafted HTTP requests. An attacker would need first to have compromised the product via another vulnerability, at filesystem level.
Status at the source
- NVD status: Analyzed
Affected products, as the source lists them
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Fortinet | FortiOS | 7.6.0 – 7.6.1 and earlier: affected 7.4.0 – 7.4.6 and earlier: affected 7.2.0 – 7.2.13 and earlier: affected 7.0.0 – 7.0.19 and earlier: affected 6.4.0 – 6.4.16 and earlier: affected |
Products named in NVD's CPE match criteria (1)
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware. A product missing here is not a statement that it is unaffected.
Scores, as their sources published them
- CVSS 3.1: 5.9 MEDIUM — as published by Fortinet, Inc. (Secondary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - SSVC — CISA's assessment (SSVC 2.0.3, CISA Coordinator): Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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Weaknesses
Sources
References the source lists
- https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-934
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-68686
Source dates: published 2026-02-10, last changed 2026-07-28. DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-09-28.
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