CVEs / CVE-2025-61624
CVE-2025-61624: Fortinet Multiple Products Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 16 Oct 2026
- medium 6.5 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
FortiOS, FortiPAM, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager contain a path traversal vulnerability that may allow an authenticated attacker with admin profile and at least read-write permissions to write or delete arbitrary files via specific CLI commands.
Description
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.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Fortinet FortiOS | from 7.6.0, up to and including 7.6.4 | — |
| Fortinet FortiOS | from 7.4.0, up to and including 7.4.9 | — |
| Fortinet FortiOS | from 7.2.0, up to and including 7.2.13 | — |
| Fortinet FortiOS | from 7.0.0, up to and including 7.0.19 | — |
| Fortinet FortiOS | from 6.4.0, up to and including 6.4.16 | — |
| Fortinet FortiProxy | from 7.6.0, up to and including 7.6.4 | — |
| Fortinet FortiProxy | from 7.4.0, up to and including 7.4.11 | — |
| Fortinet FortiProxy | from 7.2.0, up to and including 7.2.16 | — |
| Fortinet FortiProxy | from 7.0.0, up to and including 7.0.23 | — |
| Fortinet FortiSwitchManager | from 7.2.0, up to and including 7.2.7 | — |
| Fortinet FortiSwitchManager | from 7.0.0, up to and including 7.0.6 | — |
| Fortinet FortiPAM | 1.7.0 | — |
| Fortinet FortiPAM | from 1.6.0, up to and including 1.6.2 | — |
| Fortinet FortiPAM | from 1.5.0, up to and including 1.5.1 | — |
| Fortinet FortiPAM | from 1.4.0, up to and including 1.4.3 | — |
| Fortinet FortiPAM | from 1.3.0, up to and including 1.3.1 | — |
| Fortinet FortiPAM | 1.2.0 | — |
| Fortinet FortiPAM | from 1.1.0, up to and including 1.1.2 | — |
| Fortinet FortiPAM | from 1.0.0, up to and including 1.0.3 | — |
| Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 | all versions | — |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 16 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 6.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
References
- CVE-2025-61624 on NVD
- CVE-2025-61624 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-122 (cited by CISA)
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk (cited by CISA)
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk (cited by CISA)
- https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-122 Vendor Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-975644.html Third Party Advisory
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/fortimanager-cve-2024-47575-peerstitch-malware/#post-188095-_guyq53ar8k05 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-61624 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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