CVE-2022-29058

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: September 6, 2022 at 03:10 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:39 AM UTC

4 products affected across 1 vendorFortiAP-W2FortiAP-SFortiAP-U

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.5%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

An improper neutralization of special elements [CWE-89] used in an OS command vulnerability [CWE-78] in the command line interpreter of FortiAP 6.0.0 through 6.4.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3, 7.2.0, FortiAP-S 6.0.0 through 6.4.7, FortiAP-W2 6.0.0 through 6.4.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3, 7.2.0 and FortiAP-U 5.4.0 through 6.2.3 may allow an authenticated attacker to execute unauthorized commands via specifically crafted arguments to existing commands.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

FortiAP · Fortinet

95%

v ≤ 6.2.36.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.66.4.3 ≤ v < 6.4.87.0.0 ≤ v < 7.0.47.2.0

Affected range stops below 6.4.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

FortiAP-S · Fortinet

95%

v ≤ 6.2.36.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.66.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.2.66.4.0 ≤ v < 6.4.8

Affected range stops below 6.4.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

FortiAP-U · Fortinet

95%

v ≤ 6.2.35.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.4.66.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.46.2.0 ≤ v < 6.2.4

Affected range stops below 6.2.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

FortiAP-W2 · Fortinet

95%

v ≤ 6.2.36.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.66.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.2.66.4.0 ≤ v < 6.4.87.0.0 ≤ v < 7.0.47.2.0

Affected range stops below 6.4.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-163

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-163

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHfortinet

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-89

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