Fortinet FortiADC up to 8.0.0 HTTP out-of-bounds write

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Fortinet FortiADC up to 8.0.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component HTTP Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-48839. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Fortinet FortiADC up to 8.0.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component HTTP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability [CWE-787] in FortiADC 8.0.0, 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, 7.2 all versions, 7.1 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 6.2 all versions may allow an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted HTTP requests.

The advisory is shared for download at fortiguard.fortinet.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-48839 since 05/27/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/18/2025).

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

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Vendor

• Fortinet

Name

• FortiADC

Version

• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.1.0
• 7.1.1
• 7.1.2
• 7.1.3
• 7.1.4
• 7.1.5
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.4
• 7.2.5
• 7.2.6
• 7.2.7
• 7.2.8
• 7.4.0
• 7.4.1
• 7.4.2
• 7.4.3
• 7.4.4
• 7.4.5
• 7.4.6
• 7.4.7
• 7.6.0
• 7.6.1
• 7.6.2
• 8.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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