CVE-2023-28002

MEDIUM

6.7

CVSS Score

Published: November 14, 2023 at 06:05 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:46 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorFortiOSFortiProxy

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Severity

MEDIUM6.7

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

An improper validation of integrity check value vulnerability [CWE-354] in FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.0 through 7.0.12, 6.4 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions and VMs may allow a local attacker with admin privileges to boot a malicious image on the device and bypass the filesystem integrity check in place.

Affected

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

FortiOS · Fortinet

95%

2.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.0.136.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.176.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.186.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.2.156.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.2.166.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.4.146.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.4.157.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.127.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.137.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.2.37.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.2.72.0.0 6.0.0 6.0.1 6.0.10 6.0.11 6.0.12 6.0.13 6.0.14 6.0.15 6.0.16 6.0.17 6.0.18 6.0.2 6.0.3 6.0.4 6.0.5 6.0.6 6.0.7 6.0.8 6.0.9 6.2.0 6.2.1 6.2.10 6.2.11 6.2.12 6.2.13 6.2.14 6.2.15 6.2.16 6.2.2 6.2.3 6.2.4 6.2.5 6.2.6 6.2.7 6.2.8 6.2.9 6.4.0 6.4.1 6.4.10 6.4.11 6.4.12 6.4.13 6.4.14 6.4.15 6.4.2 6.4.3 6.4.4 6.4.5 6.4.6 6.4.7 6.4.8 6.4.9 7.0.0 7.0.1 7.0.10 7.0.11 7.0.12 7.0.2 7.0.3 7.0.4 7.0.5 7.0.6 7.0.7 7.0.8 7.0.9 7.2.0 7.2.1 7.2.2 7.2.3

FortiProxy · Fortinet

95%

2.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.0.132.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.0.147.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.137.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.197.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.2.77.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.2.87.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.4.12.0.0 7.0.0 7.2.0 7.4.0

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-22-396

References (1)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-396

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

6.7MEDIUM[email protected]

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

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-354

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