Critical severity · published Dec 6, 2022
CVE-2022-35843
An authentication bypass by assumed-immutable data vulnerability [CWE-302] in the FortiOS SSH login component 7.2.0, 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, 6.4.0 through 6.4.9, 6.2 all versions,…
9.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An authentication bypass by assumed-immutable data vulnerability [CWE-302] in the FortiOS SSH login component 7.2.0, 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, 6.4.0 through 6.4.9, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions and FortiProxy SSH login component 7.0.0 through 7.0.5, 2.0.0 through 2.0.10, 1.2.0 all versions may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to login into the device via sending specially crafted Access-Challenge response from the Radius server.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiOS · Fortinet
6.0.0 through 6.0.15; 6.2.0 through 6.2.12; 6.4.0 through 6.4.9; 7.0.0 through 7.0.7; 7.2.0; 7.2.1 · source: NVD
FO
Fortiproxy · Fortinet
1.2.0 through 1.2.13; 2.0.0 through 2.0.10; 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35843
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-35843
Patch
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-255
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