CVE-2023-46717 Auth bypass in FortiOS

What is CVE-2023-46717?

CVE-2023-46717 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 12 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An improper authentication vulnerability [CWE-287] in FortiOS versions 7.4.1 and below, versions 7.2.6 and below, and versions 7.0.12 and below when configured with FortiAuthenticator in HA may allow a readonly user to gain read-write access via successive login attempts.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-46717?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortios.

How do I fix CVE-2023-46717?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-46717 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-2023-46717 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-46717 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-p8rh-499j-qv73.