CVE-2025-22258: heap-based buffer overflow in Fortinet FortiSRA 1.5.0, 1.4.0 through 1.4.2, FortiPAM 1.5.0, 1.4.0 through 1.4.2, 1.3.0 through 1.3.1, 1.2.0, 1.1.0 through 1.1.2, 1.0.0 through 1.0.3, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, 7.0.2 through 7.0.16, FortiSwitchManager 7.2.1 through 7.2.5 allows attackers to escalate their privilege via specially crafted http requests
This Fortinet advisory covers CVE-2025-22258 in FortiOS, FortiPAM and FortiProxy.
- CVE-2025-22258
Key facts
- Vendor rating
- Medium, CVSS 6.5
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:W/RC:R· base score 5.7, scored by fortinetAttack vector: network. Attack complexity: low. Privileges required: high. User interaction: none. Scope: unchanged. Confidentiality impact: none. Integrity impact: high. Availability impact: high.- Weakness
- CWE-122 Escalation of privilege
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none observed. Automatable: no. Technical impact: total. CISA, .
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Affected
- FortiOS: 7.0.2 through 7.6.2 (vendor-listed versions); FortiPAM: 1.0.0 through 1.5.0 (vendor-listed versions); FortiProxy: 7.4.0 through 7.6.1 (vendor-listed versions) and 2 more below
- Fixed in
- FortiOS 7.6: 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4: 7.4.7, FortiOS 7.2: 7.2.11 and 12 more below
- Source published
- Source revised
- Listed by VulniPulse
Compiled by VulniPulse from the linked sources. How records are collected and checked.
Affected products & platforms
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow in Fortinet FortiSRA 1.5.0, 1.4.0 through 1.4.2, FortiPAM 1.5.0, 1.4.0 through 1.4.2, 1.3.0 through 1.3.1, 1.2.0, 1.1.0 through 1.1.2, 1.0.0 through 1.0.3, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, 7.0.2 through 7.0.16, FortiSwitchManager 7.2.1 through 7.2.5 allows attackers to escalate their privilege via specially crafted http requests.
Text from the source record.
- FortiOS: 7.0.2 through 7.6.2 (vendor-listed versions)
- FortiPAM: 1.0.0 through 1.5.0 (vendor-listed versions)
- FortiProxy: 7.4.0 through 7.6.1 (vendor-listed versions)
- FortiSRA: 1.4.0 through 1.5.0 (vendor-listed versions)
- FortiSwitchManager: 7.2.1 through 7.2.5 (vendor-listed versions)
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched ·verify at source
How to fix CVE-2025-22258
Upgrade to a fixed release named by Fortinet:
- FortiOS 7.6: 7.6.3
- FortiOS 7.4: 7.4.7
- FortiOS 7.2: 7.2.11
- FortiOS 7.0: 7.0.17
- FortiPAM 1.5: 1.5.1
- FortiPAM 1.4: 1.4.3
- FortiPAM 1.3: migrate to a fixed release
- FortiPAM 1.2: migrate to a fixed release
- FortiPAM 1.1: migrate to a fixed release
- FortiPAM 1.0: migrate to a fixed release
- FortiProxy 7.6: 7.6.2
- FortiProxy 7.4: 7.4.8
- FortiSRA 1.5: 1.5.1
- FortiSRA 1.4: 1.4.3
- FortiSwitchManager 7.2: 7.2.6
Vendor guidance
- Upgrade per the Affected/Solution table: FortiOS 7.6: 7.6.3; FortiOS 7.4: 7.4.7; FortiOS 7.2: 7.2.11; FortiOS 7.0: 7.0.17; FortiPAM 1.5: 1.5.1; ….
Support dates for the fixed release lines
- Fortinet FortiOS 7.6: support ends
- Fortinet FortiOS 7.4: support ends
- Fortinet FortiOS 7.2: support ended
- Fortinet FortiOS 7.0: support ended
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