CVE-2023-26205 Privilege escalation in FortiADC

What is CVE-2023-26205?

CVE-2023-26205 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiADC, published on 14 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiADC automation feature 7.1.0 through 7.1.2, 7.0 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.1 all versions may allow an authenticated low-privileged attacker to escalate their privileges to super_admin via a specific crafted configuration of fabric automation CLI script.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-26205?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortiadc.

How do I fix CVE-2023-26205?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-26205 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-26205 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-26205 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiADC

• CVE-2018-13374 Fortinet FortiOS and FortiADC Improper Access Control Exploited Medium 4.3
• CVE-2022-38374 Cross-site scripting in Fortinet FortiADC High 8.8
• CVE-2023-37933 Cross-site scripting in FortiADC High 8.6
• CVE-2022-39947 Command injection in FortiADC High 8.6
• CVE-2022-35851 Cross-site scripting in Fortinet FortiADC High 8.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7g3h-qprw-5589.