CVE-2023-40718

7.5 highEPSS 0.5%

High (7.5) in fortinet fortios ips engine. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A interpretation conflict in Fortinet IPS Engine versions 7.321, 7.166 and 6.158 allows attacker to evade IPS features via crafted TCP packets.

Severity

7.5 high

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

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 45% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-436
Published: 2023-10-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19