6.7

CVE-2023-40721: fortinet fortios

CVSS: 6.7v3.1MediumModified
Published 11-02-2025Last modified 14-01-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-40721 is a medium (CVSS 6.7) vulnerability in fortinet fortios. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.7/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.24%
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. 11-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability [CWE-134] vulnerability in Fortinet allows a privileged attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via specially crafted requests.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

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

Fortinet4 products
  • fortios≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.5 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.13 | ≥ 6.4.0, ≤ 6.4.16 | ≥ 6.2.0, ≤ 6.2.17 | ≥ 6.2.0, < 7.0.14 | ≥ 7.2.0, < 7.2.7 | 7.4.0
  • fortipam≥ 1.1.0, ≤ 1.1.2 | ≥ 1.0.0, ≤ 1.0.3 | ≥ 1.0.0, < 1.2.0
  • fortiproxy≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.6 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.14 | ≥ 2.0.0, ≤ 2.0.14 | ≥ 1.2.0, ≤ 1.2.13 | ≥ 1.2.0, < 7.0.15 | ≥ 7.2.0, < 7.2.8 | 7.4.0
  • fortiswitchmanager≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.2 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.2 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.3 | ≥ 7.2.0, < 7.2.3

1 vendor · 4 products

References

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