Medium5.0Fortinet
Path traversal in CLI command allows deletion of root file system
FG-IR-26-151 Published Jul 14, 2026Updated by vendor Jul 14, 2026
Affected products & platforms
FortinetFortiGateFirewallFortiOSFortiProxyFortiSwitch
Summary
CVSSv3 Score: 5.0 An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability [CWE-22] in FortiOS, FortiPAM, FortiProxy and FortiSwitch Manager may allow a privileged authenticated attacker with physical access to the device to delete the file system via crafted CLI commands. Revised on 2026-07-14 00:00:00
Affected versions
- FortiOS 7.6: 7.6.0 through 7.6.6
- FortiOS 7.4: 7.4.0 through 7.4.9
- FortiOS 7.2: 7.2 all versions
- FortiOS 7.0: 7.0 all versions
- FortiOS 6.4: 6.4 all versions
- FortiPAM 1.8: 1.8.0
- FortiPAM 1.7: 1.7.0 through 1.7.2
- FortiPAM 1.6: 1.6 all versions
- FortiPAM 1.5: 1.5 all versions
- FortiPAM 1.4: 1.4 all versions
- FortiPAM 1.3: 1.3 all versions
- FortiPAM 1.2: 1.2 all versions
- FortiPAM 1.1: 1.1 all versions
- FortiPAM 1.0: 1.0 all versions
- FortiProxy 7.6: 7.6.0 through 7.6.5
- FortiProxy 7.4: 7.4 through 7.4.13
- FortiProxy 7.2: 7.2 all versions
- FortiProxy 7.0: 7.0 all versions
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
Fixed versions
- FortiOS 7.6: 7.6.7
- FortiOS 7.4: 7.4.10
- FortiOS 7.2: migrate to a fixed release
- FortiOS 7.0: migrate to a fixed release
- FortiOS 6.4: migrate to a fixed release
- FortiPAM 1.8: 1.8.1
- FortiPAM 1.7: 1.7.3
- FortiPAM 1.6: migrate to a fixed release
- FortiPAM 1.5: migrate to a fixed release
- FortiPAM 1.4: migrate to a fixed release
- 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: 7.6.6
- FortiProxy 7.4: 7.4.14
- FortiProxy 7.2: migrate to a fixed release
- FortiProxy 7.0: migrate to a fixed release
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- Upgrade per the Affected/Solution table: FortiOS 7.6: 7.6.7; FortiOS 7.4: 7.4.10; 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 2 hours ago·verify at source
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