Improper Privilege Management in Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Products
CVE-2025-54821

1.8LOW

Key Information:

Vendor

Fortinet
Status
Fortiproxy
FortiOS
Fortipam
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 November 2025

What is CVE-2025-54821?

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiProxy products enables an authenticated administrator to bypass the trusted host policy by executing specially crafted CLI commands. This could potentially allow unauthorized access or changes to system configurations, posing a significant risk to affected systems.

Affected Version(s)

FortiOS 7.6.0 <= 7.6.3

FortiOS 7.4.0 <= 7.4.9

FortiOS 7.2.0 <= 7.2.12

References

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-545

CVSS V3.1

Score:
1.8
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2025-54821 : Improper Privilege Management in Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Products