# CVE-2022-27487: A improper privilege management in Fortinet FortiSandbox version 4.2.0 through 4.2.2, 4.0.0 through 4.0.2 and before 3.2.3 and FortiDeceptor

- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-04-11 · Updated: 2024-10-23

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiDeceptor: from 4.0.0, through 4.0.2; from 3.3.0, through 3.3.3; from 3.2.0, through 3.2.2; from 3.1.0, through 3.1.1; from 3.0.0, through 3.0.2; from 1.0.0, through 1.0.1
- Fortinet FortiSandbox: from 4.2.0, through 4.2.2; from 4.0.0, through 4.0.2; from 3.2.0, through 3.2.3; from 3.1.0, through 3.1.5; from 3.0.0, through 3.0.7; from 2.5.0, through 2.5.2

## Description

A improper privilege management in Fortinet FortiSandbox version 4.2.0 through 4.2.2, 4.0.0 through 4.0.2 and before 3.2.3 and FortiDeceptor version 4.1.0, 4.0.0 through 4.0.2 and before 3.3.3 allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform unauthorized API calls via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

## 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-22-056

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