# CVE-2023-22642: An improper certificate validation vulnerability \[CWE-295\] in FortiAnalyzer and FortiManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, 7.0.0 through 7.0.5, 6.4.8

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-04-11 · Updated: 2024-10-23

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiAnalyzer: from 7.2.0, through 7.2.1; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.5; from 6.4.8, through 6.4.10; from 6.4.0
- Fortinet FortiManager: from 7.2.0, through 7.2.1; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.5; from 6.4.8, through 6.4.10; from 6.4.0

## Description

An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiAnalyzer and FortiManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, 7.0.0 through 7.0.5, 6.4.8 through 6.4.10 may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack on the communication channel between the device and the remote FortiGuard server hosting outbreakalert ressources.

## 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-22-502

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