Medium [CVE-2025-53744] incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability [CWE-266] in FortiOS Security Fabric version 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through…
This medium-severity Fortinet advisory covers CVE-2025-53744 affecting FortiOS.
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Summary
An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability [CWE-266] in FortiOS Security Fabric version 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions, may allow a remote authenticated attacker with high privileges to escalate their privileges to super-admin via registering the device to a malicious FortiManager.
- FortiOS 7.6: 7.6.0 through 7.6.2
- FortiOS 7.4: 7.4.0 through 7.4.7
- FortiOS 7.2: 7.2 all versions
- FortiOS 7.0: 7.0 all versions
- FortiOS 6.4: 6.4 all versions
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 9 days ago·verify at source
- FortiOS 7.6: 7.6.3
- FortiOS 7.4: 7.4.8
- FortiOS 7.2: migrate to a fixed release
- FortiOS 7.0: migrate to a fixed release
- FortiOS 6.4: migrate to a fixed release
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 9 days ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Upgrade per the Affected/Solution table: FortiOS 7.6: 7.6.3; FortiOS 7.4: 7.4.8; FortiOS 7.2: migrate to a fixed release; FortiOS 7.0: migrate to a fixed release; FortiOS 6.4: migrate to a fixed release.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 9 days ago·verify at source
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