Medium severity · published Nov 18, 2025
CVE-2025-54821
An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.11, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0…
6.0
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.11, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.6.0, 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 7.6.3, FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.13, FortiProxy 7.2 all versions, FortiProxy 7.0 all versions may allow an authenticated administrator to bypass the trusted host policy via crafted CLI command.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiOS · Fortinet
7.6.0 through 7.6.3; 7.4.0 through 7.4.11; 7.2.0 through 7.2.13; 7.0.0 through 7.0.19; 6.4.0 through 6.4.16 · source: vendor, NVD
FO
FortiPAM · Fortinet
1.6.0; 1.5.0 through 1.5.1; 1.4.0 through 1.4.3; 1.3.0 through 1.3.1; 1.2.0; 1.1.0 through 1.1.2; +1 more · source: vendor, NVD
FO
FortiProxy · Fortinet
7.6.0 through 7.6.3; 7.4.0 through 7.4.13; 7.2.0 through 7.2.16; 7.0.0 through 7.0.23 · source: vendor, NVD
RA
RUGGEDCOM APE1808 · Siemens
0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54821
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54821
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-545
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-864900.html
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