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CVE-2022-38378

MEDIUM
6
CVSS Score
Published: February 16, 2023 at 06:06 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:56 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorFortiOSFortiProxy

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Severity
MEDIUM6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 and before 7.0.7 and FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and before 7.0.7 allows an attacker that has access to the admin profile section (System subsection Administrator Users) to modify their own profile and upgrade their privileges to Read Write via CLI or GUI commands.

Affected

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

FortiOS· Fortinet
95%
6.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.166.0.0 ≤ v < 7.0.86.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.2.126.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.4.117.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.77.2.0 ≤ v < 7.2.16.0.06.2.06.4.07.0.07.2.0
Affected range stops below 7.0.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
FortiProxy· Fortinet
95%
1.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.1.61.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.0.91.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.2.132.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.0.117.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.77.0.0 ≤ v < 7.0.87.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.2.17.2.0 ≤ v < 7.2.21.1.01.2.02.0.07.0.07.2.0
Affected range stops below 7.0.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.2.2, 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

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-346

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

6MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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