CVE-2025-68686 KEV
5.9
MEDIUM · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 29.6% (pctl 98)
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On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2026-08-10.
Description
An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability [CWE-200] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the patch developed for the symbolic link persistency mechanism observed in some post-exploit cases, via crafted HTTP requests. An attacker would need first to have compromised the product via another vulnerability, at filesystem level.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.9 (MEDIUM, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 29.6% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-200 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2026-08-10 |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2026-02-10 |
| Last modified | 2026-07-28 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Fortinet FortiOS Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2026-07-27 |
| Due | 2026-08-10 |
| Vendor / product | Fortinet / FortiOS |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| fortinet | fortios |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD