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CVE-2025-46774: fortinet forticlient

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 14-10-2025Last modified 26-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-46774 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in fortinet forticlient. EPSS estimates a 0.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.08%
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. 14-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability [CWE-347] in FortiClient MacOS installer version 7.4.2 and below, version 7.2.9 and below, 7.0 all versions may allow a local user to escalate their privileges via FortiClient related executables.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.08%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

0%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.08% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.08%

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
  • forticlient≥ 7.0.0, < 7.2.10 | ≥ 7.4.0, < 7.4.4
  • forticlientmac≥ 7.4.0, ≤ 7.4.2 | ≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.9 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.14

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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