# CVE-2025-46775: Information disclosure in FortiExtender

> An authenticated user can obtain administrator credentials via debug log commands in Fortinet FortiExtender, leading to potential account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 14 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6vg5-gh5c-gr5c

## What is CVE-2025-46775?

CVE-2025-46775 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiExtender, published on 18 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A debug messages revealing unnecessary information vulnerability in Fortinet FortiExtender 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiExtender 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiExtender 7.2 all versions, FortiExtender 7.0 all versions may allow an authenticated user to obtain administrator credentials via debug log commands.

Weakness: CWE-1295 (Debug Messages Revealing Unnecessary Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46775?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fortinet Fortiextender Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-46775?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46775 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-46775 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46775 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiExtender

- [CVE-2024-23663](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23663/): Privilege escalation in FortiExtender (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2021-41016](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41016/): Command injection in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-23447](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23447/): Path traversal in FortiExtender (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2022-27489](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27489/): Command injection in FortiExtender (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2025-64153](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64153/): Command injection in FortiExtender (medium 6.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-46775 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-46775 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiExtender, published on 18 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46775 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortinet FortiExtender. 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-2025-46775/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46775/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-46775
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46775
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-46775

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46775/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.