# CVE-2022-22300: A improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer version 5.6.0 through 5.6.11, FortiAnalyzer version

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-03-01 · Updated: 2024-10-22

## Affected

- Fortinet Fortinet FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer: version range not reported

## Description

A improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer version 5.6.0 through 5.6.11, FortiAnalyzer version 6.0.0 through 6.0.11, FortiAnalyzer version 6.2.0 through 6.2.9, FortiAnalyzer version 6.4.0 through 6.4.7, FortiAnalyzer version 7.0.0 through 7 .0.2, FortiManager version 5.6.0 through 5.6.11, FortiManager version 6.0.0 through 6.0.11, FortiManager version 6.2.0 through 6.2.9, FortiManager version 6.4.0 through 6.4.7, FortiManager version 7.0.0 through 7.0.2 allows attacker to bypass the device policy and force the password-change action for its user.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Fortinet, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-22300

## Related

- Browse: [Fortinet](https://cve.now/tech/fortinet.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-255

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