CVE-2023-29175

MEDIUM

4.8

CVSS Score

Published: June 13, 2023 at 08:41 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:49 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorFortiOSFortiProxy

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Severity

MEDIUM4.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiOS 6.2 all versions, 6.4 all versions, 7.0.0 through 7.0.10, 7.2.0 and FortiProxy 1.2 all versions, 2.0 all versions, 7.0.0 through 7.0.9, 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack on the communication channel between the vulnerable device and the remote FortiGuard's map server.

Affected

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

FortiOS · Fortinet

95%

6.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.176.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.186.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.2.156.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.2.176.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.4.136.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.4.167.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.107.0.0 ≤ v < 7.0.116.0.0 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 6.2.17 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 6.4.16 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 7.0.2 7.0.3 7.0.4 7.0.5 7.0.6 7.0.7 7.0.8 7.0.9 7.2.0

Affected range stops below 7.0.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

FortiProxy · Fortinet

95%

1.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.2.132.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.0.122.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.0.147.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.97.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.2.32.0.0 2.0.1 2.0.10 2.0.11 2.0.12 2.0.13 2.0.14 2.0.2 2.0.3 2.0.4 2.0.5 2.0.6 2.0.7 2.0.8 2.0.9 7.0.0 7.0.1 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

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-22-468

References (1)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-468

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

4.8MEDIUM[email protected]

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

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-295

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