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CVE-2022-45859: fortinet fortinac Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVSS: 4.4v3.1MediumModified
Published 03-05-2023Last modified 22-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-45859 is a medium (CVSS 4.4) Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in fortinet fortinac. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.14%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 03-05-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability [CWE-522] in FortiNAC-F 7.2.0, FortiNAC 9.4.1 and below, 9.2.6 and below, 9.1.8 and below, 8.8.0 all versions, 8.7.0 all versions may allow a local attacker with system access to retrieve users' passwords.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

3%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.14% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.14%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Fortinet2 products
  • fortinac≥ 9.4.0, ≤ 9.4.1 | ≥ 9.2.0, ≤ 9.2.6 | ≥ 9.1.0, ≤ 9.1.8 | ≥ 8.8.0, ≤ 8.8.11 | ≥ 8.7.0, ≤ 8.7.6 | ≥ 8.7.0, ≤ 9.1.8 | ≥ 9.2.0, < 9.2.7 | ≥ 9.4.0, < 9.4.2
  • fortinac-f7.2.0

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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