# CVE-2025-54658: Path traversal in FortiDLP

> An authenticated attacker can escalate privileges to Root on macOS via path traversal in the Outlookproxy plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/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:** 16 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-39jc-v3vq-m2mh

## What is CVE-2025-54658?

CVE-2025-54658 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet FortiDLP, published on 16 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability [CWE-22] in Fortinet FortiDLP Agent's Outlookproxy plugin for MacOS 11.5.1 and 11.4.2 through 11.4.6 and 11.3.2 through 11.3.4 and 11.2.0 through 11.2.3 and 11.1.1 through 11.1.2 and 11.0.1 and 10.5.1 and 10.4.0, and 10.3.1 may allow an authenticated attacker to escalate their privilege to Root via sending a crafted request to a local listening port.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54658?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fortinet Fortidlp Agent.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-54658?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-54658 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-54658 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54658 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiDLP

- [CVE-2025-53950](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53950/): Information disclosure in FortiDLP (medium 5.1)
- [CVE-2025-53951](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53951/): Path traversal in FortiDLP (medium 4.9)
- [CVE-2025-46752](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46752/): Information disclosure in FortiDLP (medium 4.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-54658 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-54658 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet FortiDLP, published on 16 Oct 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-2025-54658 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortinet FortiDLP. 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-2025-54658/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54658/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54658
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54658
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-54658

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54658/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.