FortiOS & FortiProxy 7.6.07.6.3 Improper Privilege via CLI
CVE-2025-54821 Published on November 18, 2025
An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4 all versions, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.6.0, FortiPAM 1.5 all versions, FortiPAM 1.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.3 all versions, FortiPAM 1.2 all versions, FortiPAM 1.1 all versions, FortiPAM 1.0 all versions, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiProxy 7.4 all versions, FortiProxy 7.2 all versions, FortiProxy 7.0 all versions may allow an authenticated administrator to bypass the trusted host policy via crafted CLI command.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-54821 can be exploited with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-54821
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Affected Versions
Fortinet FortiProxy:- Version 7.6.0, <= 7.6.3 is affected.
- Version 7.4.0, <= 7.4.12 is affected.
- Version 7.2.0, <= 7.2.15 is affected.
- Version 7.0.0, <= 7.0.22 is affected.
- Version 1.6.0 is affected.
- Version 1.5.0, <= 1.5.1 is affected.
- Version 1.4.0, <= 1.4.3 is affected.
- Version 1.3.0, <= 1.3.1 is affected.
- Version 1.2.0 is affected.
- Version 1.1.0, <= 1.1.2 is affected.
- Version 1.0.0, <= 1.0.3 is affected.
- Version 7.6.0, <= 7.6.3 is affected.
- Version 7.4.0, <= 7.4.9 is affected.
- Version 7.2.0, <= 7.2.12 is affected.
- Version 7.0.0, <= 7.0.18 is affected.
- Version 6.4.0, <= 6.4.16 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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