# CVE-2022-42476: A relative path traversal vulnerability \[CWE-23\] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.8, FortiOS

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-03-07 · Updated: 2026-10-22

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiOS: from 7.2.0, through 7.2.3; 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 1.2.1, through 1.2.13; from 1.1.4, through 1.1.6; from 01.01.00, through 01.01.03

## Description

A relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.8, FortiOS 6.4.0 through 6.4.11, FortiOS 6.2.0 through 6.2.12, FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, FortiProxy 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, FortiProxy 2.0.0 through 2.0.11, FortiProxy 1.2 all versions, FortiProxy 01.02 all versions, FortiProxy 1.1 all versions, FortiProxy 01.01 all versions allows privileged VDOM administrators to escalate their privileges to super admin of the box via crafted CLI requests.

## What to do

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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-22-401

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