# CVE-2022-29056: A improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability \[CWE-307\] in Fortinet FortiMail version 6.4.0, version 6.2.0 throu

- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:X
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2023-03-09 · Updated: 2024-10-22

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiMail: from 6.2.1, through 6.2.4; from 6.0.0, through 6.0.9; from 5.4.0, through 5.4.12

## Description

A improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability [CWE-307] in Fortinet FortiMail version 6.4.0, version 6.2.0 through 6.2.4 and before 6.0.9 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to partially exhaust CPU and memory via sending numerous HTTP requests to the login form.

## 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-20-078
- https://github.com/chessredoffsec/CVE-2022-29056

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