high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2025-61624Fortinet FortiOS and Others — Admin Path Traversal File Write

A path traversal flaw in FortiOS, FortiPAM, FortiProxy and FortiSwitchManager may let an authenticated attacker with an admin profile and read-write permissions write or delete arbitrary files through specific command-line interface (CLI) commands.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Follow Fortinet advisory FG-IR-26-122 for every affected product and review admin accounts with read-write permissions.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
6.5/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
1.3%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2026-04-14
Added to KEV
2026-10-16
CISA due date
2026-10-19
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
unclassified
MITRE ATT&CK
—
Severity
high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsAn authenticated account with an admin profile and at least read-write permissions.

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, published_at, referencesnvd.nist.gov2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added, exploitation.kev_duecisa.gov2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, subtitle, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-11-05claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

History unavailable — this build has no Git history for the card file.