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CVE-2023-50178: fortinet fortiadc Improper Certificate Validation

CVSS: 7.4v3.1HighModified
Published 09-07-2024Last modified 02-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-50178 is a high (CVSS 7.4) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in fortinet fortiadc. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.4/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.20%
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. 09-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiADC 7.4.0, 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.1 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.1 all versions and 6.0 all versions may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack on the communication channel between the device and various remote servers such as private SDN connectors and FortiToken Cloud.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.20% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.20%

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

Fortinet1 product
  • fortiadc7.1.0 | ≥ 6.0.0, ≤ 6.0.4 | ≥ 6.1.0, ≤ 6.1.6 | ≥ 6.2.0, ≤ 6.2.6 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.2 | ≥ 7.1.0, ≤ 7.2.3 | 7.4.0

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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