Fortinet FortiAuthenticator up to 6.3.5/6.4.11/6.5.7/6.6.2 out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Fortinet FortiAuthenticator up to 6.3.5/6.4.11/6.5.7/6.6.2. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-53379. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Fortinet FortiAuthenticator up to 6.3.5/6.4.11/6.5.7/6.6.2 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Fortinet FortiAuthenticator 6.6.0 through 6.6.2, FortiAuthenticator 6.5 all versions may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to retrieve sensitive information via a specially crafted request.

The advisory is shared at fortiguard.fortinet.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-53379 since 06/27/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/14/2026).

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

• FortiAuthenticator

Version

• 6.3.0
• 6.3.1
• 6.3.2
• 6.3.3
• 6.3.4
• 6.3.5
• 6.4.0
• 6.4.1
• 6.4.2
• 6.4.3
• 6.4.4
• 6.4.5
• 6.4.6
• 6.4.7
• 6.4.8
• 6.4.9
• 6.4.10
• 6.4.11
• 6.5.0
• 6.5.1
• 6.5.2
• 6.5.3
• 6.5.4
• 6.5.5
• 6.5.6
• 6.5.7
• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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