# CVE-2022-22305: An improper certificate validation vulnerability \[CWE-295\] in FortiManager 7.0.1 and below, 6.4.6 and below; FortiAnalyzer 7.0.2 and below,

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-09-01 · Updated: 2024-09-27

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiAnalyzer: from 7.0.0, through 7.0.2; from 6.4.0, through 6.4.7; from 6.2.0, through 6.2.11; from 6.0.0, through 6.0.12
- Fortinet FortiSandbox: from 4.0.0, through 4.0.2; from 3.2.0, through 3.2.4; from 3.1.0, through 3.1.5; from 3.0.0, through 3.0.7
- Fortinet FortiManager: from 7.0.0, through 7.0.1; from 6.4.0, through 6.4.6; from 6.2.0, through 6.2.11; from 6.0.0, through 6.0.12

## Description

An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiManager 7.0.1 and below, 6.4.6 and below; FortiAnalyzer 7.0.2 and below, 6.4.7 and below; FortiOS 6.2.x and 6.0.x; FortiSandbox 4.0.x, 3.2.x and 3.1.x may allow a network adjacent and unauthenticated attacker to man-in-the-middle the communication between the listed products and some external peers.

## 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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## Related

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

## References

- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-18-292

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