{"id":"CVE-2025-22254","aliases":["EUVD-2025-17796","GHSA-r2j8-539m-45q5"],"status":"published","title":"An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] affecting Fortinet FortiOS version 7.6.0...","description":"An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.16, FortiOS 6.4.0 through 6.4.15, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 7.4.6 allows an authenticated attacker with at least read-only admin permissions to gain super-admin privileges via crafted requests to Node.js websocket module.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:W/RC:C","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00886,"percentile":0.59524,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-269"],"published":"2025-06-10T16:36:17Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:45:56Z","products":[{"vendor":"fortinet","product":"fortios"},{"vendor":"fortinet","product":"fortiproxy"},{"vendor":"fortinet","product":"fortiweb"}],"references":[{"url":"https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-006","tags":["Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22254"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r2j8-539m-45q5"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-22254","description":"An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, 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