CVE-2022-23446
A improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Fortinet FortiEDR version 5.0.3 and...
A improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Fortinet FortiEDR version 5.0.3 and earlier allows attacker to make the whole application unresponsive via changing its root directory access permission.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
A improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Fortinet FortiEDR version 5.0.3 and earlier allows attacker to make the whole application unresponsive via changing its root directory access permission.
- Record
CVE-2022-23446- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-28521
A improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Fortinet FortiEDR version 5.0.3 and earlier allows attacker to make the whole application unresponsive via changing its root directory access permission.
- Record
EUVD-2022-28521- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r8jj-pf8x-383m
A improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Fortinet FortiEDR version 5.0.3 and...
A improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Fortinet FortiEDR version 5.0.3 and earlier allows attacker to make the whole application unresponsive via changing its root directory access permission.
- Record
GHSA-r8jj-pf8x-383m- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Fortinet FortiEDR version 5.0.3 and earlier allows attacker to make the whole application unresponsive via changing its root directory access permission.
- Record
CVE-2022-23446- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-23446 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Fortinet Fortiedr, published April 6, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.