CVE-2023-40721 (GCVE-0-2023-40721)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-11 16:09 – Updated: 2026-01-14 14:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability [CWE-134] vulnerability in Fortinet allows a privileged attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via specially crafted requests.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-11 16:35 UTC
CWE
- CWE-134 - Execute unauthorized code or commands
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
4 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet | FortiPAM |
Affected:
1.1.0 , ≤ 1.1.2
(semver)
Affected: 1.0.0 , ≤ 1.0.3 (semver) cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortipam:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortipam:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortipam:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortipam:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortipam:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortipam:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortipam:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| Fortinet | FortiSwitchManager |
Affected:
7.2.0 , ≤ 7.2.2
(semver)
Affected: 7.0.0 , ≤ 7.0.2 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiswitchmanager:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiswitchmanager:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiswitchmanager:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiswitchmanager:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiswitchmanager:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiswitchmanager:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| Fortinet | FortiOS |
Affected:
7.4.0
Affected: 7.2.0 , ≤ 7.2.5 (semver) Affected: 7.0.0 , ≤ 7.0.13 (semver) Affected: 6.4.0 , ≤ 6.4.16 (semver) Affected: 6.2.0 , ≤ 6.2.17 (semver) cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| Fortinet | FortiProxy |
Affected:
7.4.0
Affected: 7.2.0 , ≤ 7.2.6 (semver) Affected: 7.0.0 , ≤ 7.0.14 (semver) Affected: 2.0.0 , ≤ 2.0.14 (semver) Affected: 1.2.0 , ≤ 1.2.13 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:1.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Nomenclature
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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