PSIRTTrusted hosts bypass via SSH
Summary
An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] in FortiOS, FortiProxy and FortiPAM may allow an authenticated administrator to bypass the trusted host policy via crafted CLI command.
| Version | Affected | Solution |
|---|---|---|
| FortiOS 8.0 | Not affected | Not Applicable |
| FortiOS 7.6 | 7.6.0 through 7.6.3 | Upgrade to 7.6.4 or above |
| FortiOS 7.4 | 7.4.0 through 7.4.11 | Upgrade to 7.4.12 or above |
| FortiOS 7.2 | 7.2 all versions | Migrate to a fixed release |
| FortiOS 7.0 | 7.0 all versions | Migrate to a fixed release |
| FortiOS 6.4 | 6.4 all versions | Migrate to a fixed release |
| FortiPAM 1.7 | Not affected | Not Applicable |
| FortiPAM 1.6 | 1.6.0 | Upgrade to 1.6.1 or above |
| FortiPAM 1.5 | 1.5 all versions | Migrate to a fixed release |
| FortiPAM 1.4 | 1.4 all versions | Migrate to a fixed release |
| FortiPAM 1.3 | 1.3 all versions | Migrate to a fixed release |
| FortiPAM 1.2 | 1.2 all versions | Migrate to a fixed release |
| FortiPAM 1.1 | 1.1 all versions | Migrate to a fixed release |
| FortiPAM 1.0 | 1.0 all versions | Migrate to a fixed release |
| FortiSASE 25.3 | Not affected | Not Applicable |
| FortiSASE 25.2 | 25.2.91 | Migrate to a fixed release |
| FortiSASE 24.4 | Not affected | Not Applicable |
| FortiSASE 23.3 | Not affected | Not Applicable |
| FortiSASE 23.2 | Not affected | Not Applicable |
| FortiSASE 23.1 | Not affected | Not Applicable |
| FortiSASE 22.4 | Not affected | Not Applicable |
Acknowledgement
Fortinet is pleased to thank Nathan Jones from Orange Cyberdefense UK for reporting this vulnerability under responsible disclosure.Timeline
2025-11-18: Initial publication2026-05-27: Solution updated