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CVE-2022-26118: fortinet fortianalyzer Improper Privilege Management

Modified
Published 18-07-2022Last modified 25-10-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-26118 is a medium (CVSS 6.7) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in fortinet fortianalyzer. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.7/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 18-07-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A privilege chaining vulnerability [CWE-268] in FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer 6.0.x, 6.2.x, 6.4.0 through 6.4.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3 may allow a local and authenticated attacker with a restricted shell to escalate their privileges to root due to incorrect permissions of some folders and executable files on the system.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Fortinet3 products
  • fortianalyzer≥ 6.0.0, ≤ 6.0.11 | ≥ 6.2.0, ≤ 6.2.9 | ≥ 6.4.0, < 6.4.8 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.4
  • fortimanager≥ 6.0.0, ≤ 6.0.11 | ≥ 6.2.0, ≤ 6.2.9 | ≥ 6.4.0, < 6.4.8 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.4
  • fortinet fortimanager , fortianalyzerFortiManager 6.0.x, 6.2.x, 6.4.0 through 6.4.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3; FortiAnalyzer 6.0.x, 6.2.x, 6.4.0 through 6.4.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3

1 vendor · 3 products

References

1 links