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Advisory severityMedium5.8Fortinet

Medium [CVE-2025-55018] inconsistent interpretation of http requests ('http request smuggling') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0, FortiOS…

This medium-severity Fortinet advisory covers CVE-2025-55018; related products: FortiOS.

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CVE-2025-55018 Source published Source updated

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Summary

An inconsistent interpretation of http requests ('http request smuggling') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.9, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4.3 through 6.4.16 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to smuggle an unlogged http request through the firewall policies via a specially crafted header

Affected versions
  • 7.4.0
  • 6.4.3
  • all versions

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 months ago·verify at source

Fixed versions

No fixed release is recorded yet. That does not prove no patch exists — confirm against the vendor advisory.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 months ago·verify at source

Mitigation

The source record does not include mitigation steps. That is not a statement that no fix exists — read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 months ago·verify at source

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