CISA-confirmed known exploited vulnerability

CVE-2022-40684

Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Fortinet · Multiple Products

Vulnerability details

Fortinet FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager contain an authentication bypass vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform operations on the administrative interface via specially crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

Added to CISA KEV: 2022-10-11

Ransomware campaign use: Known

CISA due date: 2022-11-01

Defensive guidance from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

This is the source's required-action field, not an independently validated patch procedure. Refer to the vendor for exact affected versions and fixes.

Source catalog date: 2026-11-06T19:44:45.1797Z · Last retrieved: 2026-11-06 21:02:26 UTC

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