Medium severity · published Jun 13, 2023
CVE-2023-29175
An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiOS 6.2 all versions, 6.4 all versions, 7.0.0 through 7.0.10, 7.2.0 and FortiProxy 1.2 all versions, 2.0 all…
4.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiOS 6.2 all versions, 6.4 all versions, 7.0.0 through 7.0.10, 7.2.0 and FortiProxy 1.2 all versions, 2.0 all versions, 7.0.0 through 7.0.9, 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack on the communication channel between the vulnerable device and the remote FortiGuard's map server.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% 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 6.0.17; 6.2.0 through 6.2.15; 6.4.0 through 6.4.13; 7.0.0 before 7.0.11; 7.2.0 · source: NVD
FO
Fortiproxy · Fortinet
1.2.0 through 1.2.13; 2.0.0 through 2.0.12; 7.0.0 through 7.0.9; 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29175
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29175
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-468
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