A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory vulnerability ('path traversal') [CWE-22] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 th

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• fortinet fortios6.0.0 and later · up to 6.0.16 inclusive
• fortinet fortios6.2.0 and later · before 6.2.14
• fortinet fortios6.4.0 and later · before 6.4.12
• fortinet fortios7.0.0 and later · before 7.0.10
• fortinet fortios7.2.0 and later · before 7.2.4

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (fortinet). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• Fortinet FortiOS

  • 7.2.0 and later · up to and including 7.2.3affected · semver
  • 7.0.0 and later · up to and including 7.0.9affected · semver
  • 6.4.0 and later · up to and including 6.4.11affected · semver
  • 6.2.0 and later · up to and including 6.2.13affected · semver
  • 6.0.0 and later · up to and including 6.0.16affected · semver

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2022-42475A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability [CWE-122] in FortiOS SSL-VPN 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, 7.0.0 through 7.0.8, 6.4.0 through 6.4.10, 6.2.KEV
  99Now
• CVE-2020-12812An improper authentication vulnerability in SSL VPN in FortiOS 6.4.0, 6.2.0 to 6.2.3, 6.0.9 and below may result in a user being able to logKEV
  83Now
• CVE-2025-25249A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.1KEV
  70This week
• CVE-2025-68686An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability [CWE-200] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1,KEV
  62This week
• CVE-2019-5591A Default Configuration vulnerability in FortiOS may allow an unauthenticated attacker on the same subnet to intercept sensitive informationKEV
  62This week
• CVE-2021-44168A download of code without integrity check vulnerability in the "execute restore src-vis" command of FortiOS before 7.0.3 may allow a local KEV
  61This week

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);2res.sendFile(file);

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {3  return res.sendStatus(400);4}5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.