CVE-2023-36638
An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in FortiManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, 6.4.0 through 6.4.11,…
- 4.2MediumCVSS base score
- 0.41%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 64% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in FortiManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, 6.4.0 through 6.4.11, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions and FortiAnalyzer 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, 6.4.0 through 6.4.11, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions API may allow a remote and authenticated API admin user to access some system settings such as the mail server settings through the API via a stolen GUI session ID.
Timeline
ID reserved
By fortinet
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 13 months later
· 13 months 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 | Medium4.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:X/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 64% of all CVEs (11 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: Medium 4.2.
Affected products
- affected 7.2.0 – ≤ 7.2.2
- affected 7.0.0 – ≤ 7.0.7
- affected 6.4.0 – ≤ 6.4.11
- affected 6.2.0 – ≤ 6.2.11
- affected 6.0.0 – ≤ 6.0.12
- affected 7.2.0 – ≤ 7.2.2
- affected 7.0.0 – ≤ 7.0.7
- affected 6.4.0 – ≤ 6.4.11
- affected 6.2.0 – ≤ 6.2.11
- affected 6.0.0 – ≤ 6.0.12
What to do
Solution: Please upgrade to FortiManager version 7.4.0 or above Please upgrade to FortiManager version 7.2.3 or above Please upgrade to FortiManager version 7.0.8 or above Please upgrade to FortiManager version 6.4.12 or above Please upgrade to FortiAnalyzer version 7.4.0 or above Please upgrade to FortiAnalyzer version 7.2.3 or above Please upgrade to FortiAnalyzer version 7.0.8 or above Please upgrade to FortiAnalyzer version 6.4.12 or above
References
References1
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-2023-40582 (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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