CVE-2022-45862 Security feature bypass in FortiOS

What is CVE-2022-45862?

CVE-2022-45862 is a low-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 13 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An insufficient session expiration vulnerability [CWE-613] vulnerability in FortiOS 7.2.5 and below, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions; FortiProxy 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions; FortiPAM 1.3 all versions, 1.2 all versions, 1.1 all versions, 1.0 all versions; FortiSwitchManager 7.2.1 and below, 7.0 all versions GUI may allow attackers to re-use websessions after GUI logout, should they manage to acquire the required credentials.

Weakness: CWE-613

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-45862?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Fortinet Fortios, Fortinet Fortipam, Fortinet Fortiproxy, Fortinet Fortiswitchmanager.

How do I fix CVE-2022-45862?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-45862 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-45862 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-45862 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Fortios

• CVE-2024-23113 Fortinet Multiple Products Format String Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-40684 Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-55591 Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2024-21762 Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-Bound Write Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-42475 Fortinet FortiOS Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.3

All Fortinet Fortios vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-ggw5-pfvx-r7j9.