CVE-2022-35846 Auth bypass in Fortinet FortiTester
An unauthenticated attacker can brute force admin credentials via Telnet due to missing rate limiting, leading to account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-35846?
CVE-2022-35846 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortinet FortiTester, published on 10 Oct 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability [CWE-307] in FortiTester Telnet port 2.3.0 through 3.9.1, 4.0.0 through 4.2.0, 7.0.0 through 7.1.0 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to guess the credentials of an admin user via a brute force attack.
Weakness: CWE-307
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35846?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fortinet Fortitester.
How do I fix CVE-2022-35846?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-35846 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2022-35846 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35846 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiTester
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7f8f-7v7x-vq93.