CVE-2022-26118

6.7 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (6.7) in fortinet. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A privilege chaining vulnerability [CWE-268] in FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer 6.0.x, 6.2.x, 6.4.0 through 6.4.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3 may allow a local and authenticated attacker with a restricted shell to escalate their privileges to root due to incorrect permissions of some folders and executable files on the system.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.7 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 19% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-269
Published: 2022-07-18
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

fortinet:fortianalyzer
fortinet:fortimanager

References

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-056
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-056

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