Fortinet

Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2023
China-linked APT likely linked to Fortinet zero-day attacks

An alleged Chinese threat actor group is behind attacks on government organizations exploiting a Fortinet zero-day flaw (CVE-2022-41328). A suspected China-linked group is exploiting a Fortinet zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-41328, in attacks aimed at government organizations. A few days ago, Fortinet researchers warned of an advanced threat actor that is targeting governmental or government-related […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2023
A critical flaw affects Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy, patch it now!

Fortinet addressed a critical heap buffer underflow vulnerability affecting FortiOS and FortiProxy, which can lead to arbitrary code execution. Fortinet addressed a critical buffer underwrite (‘buffer underflow’) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-25610 (CVSS v3 9.3), that resides in the administrative interface in FortiOS and FortiProxy. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit the vulnerability to execute arbitrary […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 13, 2023
Threat actors target govt networks exploiting Fortinet SSL-VPN CVE-2022-42475 bug

Recently patched Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN zero-day exploited in attacks against government organizations and government-related targets. Fortinet researchers reported how threat actors exploited the recently patched FortiOS SSL-VPN vulnerability (CVE-2022-42475) in attacks against government organizations and government-related targets. According to Resecurity, a cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 500 globally, the vulnerability was earlier marketed privately by several […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2023
Fortinet fixed multiple command injection bugs in FortiADC and FortiTester

Fortinet addressed multiple vulnerabilities impacting its products and warned of a high-severity command injection flaw in FortiADC. Cybersecurity vendor Fortinet addressed several vulnerabilities impacting its products. The compaby also warned customers of a high-severity command injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-39947 (CVSS score of 8.6), affecting the Application Delivery Controller FortiADC. The CVE-2022-39947 flaw is an […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2022
Fortinet urges customers to fix actively exploited FortiOS SSL-VPN bug

Fortinet fixed an actively exploited FortiOS SSL-VPN flaw that could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on devices. Fortinet urges customers to update their installs to address an actively exploited FortiOS SSL-VPN vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-42475, that could be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on devices. The CVE-2022-42475 flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 29, 2022
Threat actors are offering access to corporate networks via unauthorized Fortinet VPN access

Cyble observed Initial Access Brokers (IABs) offering access to enterprise networks compromised via a critical flaw in Fortinet products. Researchers at Cyble have observed initial access brokers (IABs) selling access to enterprise networks likely compromised via a recently patched critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-40684, in Fortinet products. In early October, Fortinet addressed the critical authentication bypass flaw, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2022
Fortinet fixed 16 vulnerabilities, 6 rated as high severity

Fortinet addressed 16 vulnerabilities in some of the company’s products, six flaws received a ‘high’ severity rate. One of the high-severity issues is a persistent XSS, tracked as CVE-2022-38374, in Log pages of FortiADC. The root cause of the issue is an improper neutralization of input during web page generation vulnerability [CWE-79] in FortiADC. A […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2022
Over 17000 Fortinet devices exposed online are very likely vulnerable to CVE-2022-40684

Fortinet confirmed that many systems are still vulnerable to attacks exploiting the CVE-2022-40684 zero-day vulnerability. Fortinet is urging customers to address the recently discovered CVE-2022-40684 zero-day vulnerability. Unfortunately, the number of devices that have yet to be patched is still high. “After multiple notifications from Fortinet over the past week, there are still a significant number of […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2022
Experts released PoC exploit code for critical bug CVE-2022-40684 in Fortinet products

Experts released the PoC exploit code for the authentication bypass flaw CVE-2022-40684 in FortiGate firewalls and FortiProxy web proxies. A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for the authentication bypass vulnerability CVE-2022-40684 (CVSS score: 9.6) in FortiGate firewalls and FortiProxy web proxies has been released online. The vulnerability impacts FortiOS versions from 7.0.0 to 7.0.6 and from […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2022
CVE-2022-40684 flaw in Fortinet products is being exploited in the wild

Fortinet has confirmed that the recently disclosed critical authentication bypass issue (CVE-2022-40684) is being exploited in the wild. Last week, Fortinet addressed a critical authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-40684, that impacted FortiGate firewalls and FortiProxy web proxies. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to log into vulnerable devices. “An authentication bypass using an alternate […]