CVE-2023-29184

An incomplete cleanup vulnerability [CWE-459] in FortiOS 7.2 all versions and before & FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2 and before 7.0.8 allows a VDOM privileged attacker to add SSH key files on the system silently via crafted CLI requests.

CVSS v3 3.2 LOW

3.2^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.5 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-008	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

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

History

24 Jul 2025, 19:57

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::
First Time		Fortinet fortiproxy Fortinet fortios Fortinet
References	~~() https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-008 -~~	() https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-008 - Vendor Advisory

12 Jun 2025, 16:06

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-06-10 17:17

Updated : 2025-07-24 19:57

NVD link : CVE-2023-29184

Mitre link : CVE-2023-29184

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-29184

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fortinet

fortios
fortiproxy

CWE

CWE-459

Incomplete Cleanup

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