CVE-2022-42478
An Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts [CWE-307] in FortiSIEM below 7.0.0...
An Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts [CWE-307] in FortiSIEM below 7.0.0 may allow a non-privileged user with access to several endpoints to brute force attack these endpoints.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts [CWE-307] in FortiSIEM below 7.0.0 may allow a non-privileged user with access to several endpoints to brute force attack these endpoints.
- Record
CVE-2022-42478- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:X/RL:U/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-45548
An Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts [CWE-307] in FortiSIEM below 7.0.0 may allow a non-privileged user with access to several endpoints to brute force attack these endpoints.
- Record
EUVD-2022-45548- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:X/RL:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gf5x-hrmg-cj8w
An Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts [CWE-307] in FortiSIEM below 7.0.0...
An Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts [CWE-307] in FortiSIEM below 7.0.0 may allow a non-privileged user with access to several endpoints to brute force attack these endpoints.
- Record
GHSA-gf5x-hrmg-cj8w- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts [CWE-307] in FortiSIEM below 7.0.0 may allow a non-privileged user with access to several endpoints to brute force attack these endpoints.
- Record
CVE-2022-42478- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-42478 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Fortinet Fortisiem, published June 13, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.53%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.