FKIE_CVE-2023-40721

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-02-11 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:19
Severity
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-261Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fortinet fortios *
fortinet fortios *
fortinet fortios 7.4.0
fortinet fortiswitchmanager *
fortinet fortiswitchmanager *
fortinet fortiproxy *
fortinet fortiproxy *
fortinet fortiproxy 7.4.0
fortinet fortipam *
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