5.3

CVE-2022-29056: fortinet fortimail

Modified
Published 09-03-2023Last modified 22-10-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-29056 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in fortinet fortimail. EPSS estimates a 1.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.81%
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. 09-03-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability [CWE-307] in Fortinet FortiMail version 6.4.0, version 6.2.0 through 6.2.4 and before 6.0.9 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to partially exhaust CPU and memory via sending numerous HTTP requests to the login form.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.81%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.81% 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

Fortinet1 product
  • fortimail≥ 6.2.1, ≤ 6.2.4 | ≥ 6.0.0, ≤ 6.0.9 | ≥ 5.4.0, ≤ 5.4.12 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.0.10 | ≥ 6.2.1, < 6.2.5 | 6.4.0

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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