# CVE-2025-22256: Missing authorization in FortiPAM

> Attackers can bypass access controls via crafted HTTP requests in Fortinet FortiPAM and FortiSRA, requiring immediate patching.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:U/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 10 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5xp9-26pv-gh7v

## What is CVE-2025-22256?

CVE-2025-22256 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fortinet FortiPAM, published on 10 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges in Fortinet FortiPAM 1.4.0 through 1.4.1, 1.3.0, 1.2.0, 1.1.0 through 1.1.2, 1.0.0 through 1.0.3, FortiSRA 1.4.0 through 1.4.1 allows attacker to improper access control via specially crafted HTTP requests

Weakness: CWE-280 (Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22256?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Fortinet Fortipam, Fortinet Fortisra.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-22256?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22256 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-22256 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22256 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiPAM

- [CVE-2025-49201](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49201/): Auth bypass in FortiPAM (high 7.4)
- [CVE-2023-37934](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37934/): Denial of service in FortiPAM (medium 4.2)
- [CVE-2025-61713](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-61713/): Information disclosure in FortiPAM (low 3.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-22256 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-22256 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fortinet FortiPAM, published on 10 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22256 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortinet FortiPAM. 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-2025-22256/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22256/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22256
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22256
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-22256

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22256/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.