CVE-2022-45859 Information disclosure in FortiNAC

What is CVE-2022-45859?

CVE-2022-45859 is a low-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiNAC, published on 3 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability [CWE-522] in FortiNAC-F 7.2.0, FortiNAC 9.4.1 and below, 9.2.6 and below, 9.1.8 and below, 8.8.0 all versions, 8.7.0 all versions may allow a local attacker with system access to retrieve users' passwords.

Weakness: CWE-522

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-45859?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fortinet Fortinac, Fortinet Fortinac-F.

How do I fix CVE-2022-45859?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-45859 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-45859 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-45859 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiNAC

• CVE-2022-39952 Path traversal in FortiNAC Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-33299 Deserialization in FortiNAC Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26117 Hardcoded credentials in Fortinet FortiNAC High 8.8
• CVE-2022-38375 Missing authorization in FortiNAC High 8.6
• CVE-2022-39953 Privilege escalation in FortiNAC High 7.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9v39-cw8g-p5rj.