CVE-2025-61624
Fortinet Multiple Products Path Traversal Vulnerability
Fortinet · Multiple Products · Added to KEV: 2026-10-16 · Snapshot: 2026-10-18T20:43:22.315380+00:00
Technical context
An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') [CWE-22] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.9, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.7.0, FortiPAM 1.6 all versions, FortiPAM 1.5 all versions, FortiPAM 1.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.3 all versions, FortiPAM 1.2 all versions, FortiPAM 1.1 all versions, FortiPAM 1.0 all versions, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.11, FortiProxy 7.2 all versions, FortiProxy 7.0 all versions, FortiSwitchManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.7, FortiSwitchManager 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 may allow an authenticated attacker with admin profile and at least read-write permissions to write or delete arbitrary files via specific CLI commands.
Action and remediation
Review the vendor advisory, determine affected versions, apply the vendor-supported fix or mitigation, and validate the change.
Check vendor advisories and affected-version data before remediation. Validate affected software, identify internet reachability and business criticality in your authorised environment, and confirm mitigating controls. No AI-generated fix is asserted as vendor guidance.
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Exposure and confidence limitations
Shodan identifies observable services but does not independently prove exploitation or confirm every affected software version. CyberIntel does not join this CVE to arbitrary public host IPs. No Tenable VPR or Qualys TruRisk score is calculated or implied.