Fortinet security vulnerability (CVE-2025-24472)

CVE-2025-24472 is an authentication bypass vulnerability identified in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiProxy products. This flaw allows a remote attacker to gain super-admin privileges by sending specially crafted CSF proxy requests.

Affected Versions:

  • FortiOS: Versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.16
  • FortiProxy: Versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.19 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.12

Severity:

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1, categorizing it as ‘High’ severity.

Mitigation:

Fortinet has addressed this issue in the following versions:

  • FortiOS: Version 7.0.17 and later
  • FortiProxy: Versions 7.0.20 and 7.2.13 and later

Users are strongly advised to update to these versions or newer to mitigate potential risks.

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