CVE-2025-54821

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.11, 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, FortiSASE 25.2.91 may allow an authenticated administrator to bypass the trusted host policy via crafted CLI command.

CVSS v3 1.9 LOW

1.9^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.5 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-545	Vendor Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-864900.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortipam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-11-18 17:16

Updated : 2026-06-23 13:16

NVD link : CVE-2025-54821

Mitre link : CVE-2025-54821

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-54821

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fortinet

fortios
fortipam
fortiproxy

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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