Fortinet FortiProxy/FortiOS/FortiPAM CLI privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiProxy, FortiOS and FortiPAM and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component CLI. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-54821. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiProxy, FortiOS and FortiPAM (the affected version is unknown). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code of the component CLI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4 all versions, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.6.0, FortiPAM 1.5 all versions, FortiPAM 1.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.3 all versions, FortiPAM 1.2 all versions, FortiPAM 1.1 all versions, FortiPAM 1.0 all versions, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiProxy 7.4 all versions, FortiProxy 7.2 all versions, FortiProxy 7.0 all versions may allow an authenticated administrator to bypass the trusted host policy via crafted CLI command.

The advisory is available at fortiguard.fortinet.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-54821 since 07/30/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 275611 (Fortinet Fortigate Trusted hosts bypass via SSH (FG-IR-25-545)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (275611). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 275611
Nessus Name: Fortinet Fortigate Trusted hosts bypass via SSH (FG-IR-25-545)

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/30/2025 CVE reserved
11/18/2025 +111 days Advisory disclosed
11/18/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/15/2026 +58 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: fortinet.com

Advisory: FG-IR-25-545
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-54821 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-54821
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-332826

Entryinfo

Created: 11/18/2025 20:14
Updated: 01/15/2026 04:41
Changes: 11/18/2025 20:14 (63), 11/19/2025 05:34 (2), 11/20/2025 15:51 (11), 01/15/2026 04:41 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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