Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiADC up to 7.0.5/7.1.4/7.2.6/7.4.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-50179. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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A vulnerability has been found in Fortinet FortiADC up to 7.0.5/7.1.4/7.2.6/7.4.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at fortiguard.fortinet.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-50179 since 12/05/2023. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1587.003 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Fortinet

Name

• FortiADC

Version

• 7.0
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.1
• 7.1.0
• 7.1.1
• 7.1.2
• 7.1.3
• 7.1.4
• 7.2
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.4
• 7.2.5
• 7.2.6
• 7.3
• 7.4.0

License

• commercial

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