# CVE-2022-39948: Security feature bypass in FortiOS

> Remote attackers can perform Man-in-the-Middle attacks on threat feed communications if Fabric connectors are configured, bypassing certificate validation.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:R`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 22 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3p3g-v9c5-jwvw

## What is CVE-2022-39948?

CVE-2022-39948 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 16 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, 6.4 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions and FortiProxy 7.0.0 through 7.0.6, 2.0 all versions, 1.2 all versions may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack on the communication channel between the FortiOS/FortiProxy device and remote servers hosting threat feeds (when the latter are configured as Fabric connectors in FortiOS/FortiProxy)

Weakness: CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-39948?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Fortinet Fortios, Fortinet Fortiproxy.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-39948?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-39948 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-39948 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Fortios

- [CVE-2024-23113](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23113/): Fortinet Multiple Products Format String (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-40684](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40684/): Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-55591](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55591/): Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-21762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21762/): Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-Bound Write (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-42475](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42475/): Fortinet FortiOS Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (critical 9.3, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-39948 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-39948 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 16 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortinet Fortios. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39948/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39948/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-39948
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39948
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-39948

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39948/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.