# CVE-2022-41335: A relative path traversal vulnerability \[CWE-23\] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, 7.0.0 through 7.0.8 and before 6.4.10, For

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-02-16 · Updated: 2024-10-23

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiSwitchManager: 7.2.0, 7.0.0
- Fortinet FortiOS: from 7.2.0, through 7.2.2; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.8; from 6.4.0, through 6.4.11; from 6.2.0, through 6.2.12
- Fortinet FortiProxy: from 7.2.0, through 7.2.1; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.7; from 2.0.0, through 2.0.11; from 1.2.0, through 1.2.13; from 1.1.0, through 1.1.6; from 1.2.0; from 1.1.0; from 1.0.0

## Description

A relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, 7.0.0 through 7.0.8 and before 6.4.10, FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, 7.0.0 through 7.0.7 and before 2.0.10, FortiSwitchManager 7.2.0 and before 7.0.0 allows an authenticated attacker to read and write files on the underlying Linux system via crafted HTTP 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-22-391

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