Fortinet FortiSOAR on-premise/FortiSOAR PaaS up to 7.3.3/7.4.5/7.5.3/7.6.3 File Content path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiSOAR on-premise and FortiSOAR PaaS up to 7.3.3/7.4.5/7.5.3/7.6.3. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component File Content Handler. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-22573. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiSOAR on-premise and FortiSOAR PaaS up to 7.3.3/7.4.5/7.5.3/7.6.3. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component File Content Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSOAR PaaS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiSOAR PaaS 7.5 all versions, FortiSOAR PaaS 7.4 all versions, FortiSOAR PaaS 7.3 all versions, FortiSOAR on-premise 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiSOAR on-premise 7.5 all versions, FortiSOAR on-premise 7.4 all versions, FortiSOAR on-premise 7.3 all versions may allow an authenticated remote attacker to perform path traversal attack via File Content Extraction actions.

It is possible to read the advisory at fortiguard.fortinet.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-22573 since 01/07/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/14/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

• FortiSOAR on-premise
• FortiSOAR PaaS

Version

• 7.3.0
• 7.3.1
• 7.3.2
• 7.3.3
• 7.4.0
• 7.4.1
• 7.4.2
• 7.4.3
• 7.4.4
• 7.4.5
• 7.5.0
• 7.5.1
• 7.5.2
• 7.5.3
• 7.6.0
• 7.6.1
• 7.6.2
• 7.6.3

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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