# CVE-2023-50179: Security feature bypass in FortiADC

> Remote attackers can perform Man-in-the-Middle attacks on SDN connector communications due to improper certificate validation in FortiADC.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:F/RL:U/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p8xm-24ph-gvrg

## What is CVE-2023-50179?

CVE-2023-50179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiADC, published on 9 Jul 2024. 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 FortiADC 7.4.0, 7.2 all versions, 7.1 all versions, 7.0 all versions may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack on the communication channel between the device and public SDN connectors.

Weakness: CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-50179?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fortinet Fortiadc.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-50179?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-50179 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-50179 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiADC

- [CVE-2018-13374](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13374/): Fortinet FortiOS and FortiADC Improper Access Control (medium 4.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-38374](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38374/): Cross-site scripting in Fortinet FortiADC (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-37933](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37933/): Cross-site scripting in FortiADC (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2022-39947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39947/): Command injection in FortiADC (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2022-35851](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35851/): Cross-site scripting in Fortinet FortiADC (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-50179 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-50179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiADC, published on 9 Jul 2024. 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-2023-50179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortinet FortiADC. 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-2023-50179/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50179/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50179
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50179
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50179

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50179/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.