CVE-2025-53679An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability [CWE-78] vulnerability in…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 11.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability [CWE-78] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSandbox 5.0.0 through 5.0.2, FortiSandbox 4.4.0 through 4.4.7, FortiSandbox 4.2 all versions, FortiSandbox 4.0 all versions, FortiSandbox Cloud 24.1, FortiSandbox Cloud 23 all versions allows a remote privileged attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.
Timeline
ID reserved
By fortinet
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 3 months later
· 3 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 | Medium6.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:X/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.9% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
- affected 5.0.0 – ≤ 5.0.2
- affected 4.4.0 – ≤ 4.4.7
- affected 4.2.1 – ≤ 4.2.8
- affected 4.0.0 – ≤ 4.0.6
- affected 24.1
- affected 23.4
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to FortiSandbox version 5.0.3 or above Upgrade to FortiSandbox version 4.4.8 or above Fortinet remediated this issue in FortiSandbox Cloud version 24.2 (not released) and hence customers do not need to perform any action.
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-2025-202268 (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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