CVE-2022-39948

MEDIUM

FortiOS 6.0.0-7.0.7 and FortiProxy 1.2.0-2.0.8 - Unauthenticated Man-in-the-Middle via Improper Certificate Validation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, 6.4 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions and FortiProxy 7.0.0 through 7.0.6, 2.0 all versions, 1.2 all versions may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack on the communication channel between the FortiOS/FortiProxy device and remote servers hosting threat feeds (when the latter are configured as Fabric connectors in FortiOS/FortiProxy)

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 4.8
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 43.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-295
Status published
Products (2)
fortinet/fortios 6.0.0 - 7.0.8
fortinet/fortiproxy 1.2.0 - 2.0.9
Published Feb 16, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026