CVE-2023-29184An incomplete cleanup vulnerability [CWE-459] in FortiOS 7.2 all versions and before & FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2 and before…
- 3.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.22%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 87% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An incomplete cleanup vulnerability [CWE-459] in FortiOS 7.2 all versions and before & FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2 and before 7.0.8 allows a VDOM privileged attacker to add SSH key files on the system silently via crafted CLI requests.
Timeline
ID reserved
By fortinet
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| fortinetCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:X |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Low2.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.22% · top 87% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.1.
Affected products
- affected 7.2.0 – ≤ 7.2.2
- affected 7.0.0 – ≤ 7.0.8
- affected 2.0.0 – ≤ 2.0.14
- affected 1.2.0 – ≤ 1.2.13
- affected 1.1.0 – ≤ 1.1.6
- affected 7.2.0 – ≤ 7.2.11
- affected 7.0.0 – ≤ 7.0.17
- affected 6.4.0 – ≤ 6.4.16
- affected 6.2.0 – ≤ 6.2.17
What to do
Solution: Please upgrade to FortiManager version 7.4.1 or above Please upgrade to FortiAnalyzer version 7.4.1 or above Please upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.2.3 or above Please upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.0.9 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.0 or above
References
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-32785 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2023-29184)Record last updated .