CVE-2022-40684

Act now ● On CISA KEV — actively exploited used in ransomware

Actively exploited — on the CISA KEV list.

CVSS base

9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)

100.0%

100.0th percentile

CISA KEV

Listed

Added 2022-10-11 · patch by 2022-11-01

Weakness / dates

CWE-287

Published 2022-10-18 · modified 2026-08-06

CVSS breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector	N	Network
Attack Complexity	L	Low
Privileges Required	N	None
User Interaction	N	None
Scope	U	Unchanged
Confidentiality	H	High
Integrity	H	High
Availability	H	High

Timeline

2022-10-18 — Published (NVD)
2022-10-11 — Added to CISA KEV (actively exploited)
2022-11-01 — CISA patch-by deadline
2026-08-06 — Last modified (NVD)

Description

An authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel [CWE-288] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.6, FortiProxy version 7.2.0 and version 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 and FortiSwitchManager version 7.2.0 and 7.0.0 allows an unauthenticated atttacker to perform operations on the administrative interface via specially crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

Affected

fortinet

References

Official: NVD · CVE.org