CVE-2025-68686

MEDIUM

5.9

CVSS Score

Published: February 10, 2026 at 03:39 PM UTC

Updated: July 28, 2026 at 05:17 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorFortiOS

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Severity

MEDIUM5.9

Exploitation

CISA KEV

Exploit prediction

EPSS 29%

SSVC

Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score29.5%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 29.5% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 98% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Fortinet FortiOS contains an exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor vulnerability. This may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the patch developed for the symbolic link persistency mechanism observed in some post-exploit cases, via crafted HTTP requests. An attacker would need first to have compromised the product via another vulnerability, at filesystem level.

Required Action

Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Ransomware Use

Unknown

Added to KEV

Jul 27, 2026

Remediation Due

Aug 10, 2026

77 days overdue

Notes

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-934

BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk

Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68686

Description

An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability [CWE-200] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the patch developed for the symbolic link persistency mechanism observed in some post-exploit cases, via crafted HTTP requests. An attacker would need first to have compromised the product via another vulnerability, at filesystem level.

Affected

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

FortiOS · Fortinet

95%

6.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.4.166.4.0 ≤ v < 7.4.77.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.197.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.2.137.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.4.67.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.6.17.6.0 ≤ v < 7.6.26.4.0 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 7.0.11 7.0.12 7.0.13 7.0.14 7.0.15 7.0.16 7.0.17 7.0.18 7.0.19 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 7.2.10 7.2.11 7.2.12 7.2.13 7.2.2 7.2.3 7.2.4 7.2.5 7.2.6 7.2.7 7.2.8 7.2.9 7.4.0 7.4.1 7.4.2 7.4.3 7.4.4 7.4.5 7.4.6 7.6.0 7.6.1

Affected range stops below 7.4.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.6.2, 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

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-934

References (2)

Vendor Advisory

Source: cverecord

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-934

US Government Resource

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-68686

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

5.9MEDIUM[email protected]

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

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-200

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