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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00029.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
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Fortios Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.6.2 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.7 or above

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-934 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-68686 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

 ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2026-07-27T00:00:00+00:00', 'dueDate': '2026-08-10T00:00:00+00:00'}

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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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.
First Time appeared Fortinet
Fortinet fortios
Weaknesses CWE-200
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Fortinet
Fortinet fortios
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, '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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fortinet

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-28T03:55:36.619Z

Reserved: 2025-12-23T15:55:12.376Z

Link: CVE-2025-68686

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-11T14:56:50.274Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-02-10T16:16:09.630

Modified: 2026-07-28T05:17:04.113

Link: CVE-2025-68686

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-10T21:42:06Z

Weaknesses