CVE-2023-26205: Escalation of privilege in Fortinet FortiADC
An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiADC automation feature 7.1.0 through 7.1.2, 7.0 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.1 all versions may allow an authenticated low-privileged attacker to escalate their privileges to super_admin via a specific crafted configuration of fabric automation CLI script.
CVE-2023-26205: Escalation of privilege in Fortinet FortiADC
Description
An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiADC automation feature 7.1.0 through 7.1.2, 7.0 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.1 all versions may allow an authenticated low-privileged attacker to escalate their privileges to super_admin via a specific crafted configuration of fabric automation CLI script.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- fortinet
- Date Reserved
- 2023-02-20T15:09:20.635Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 694194789050fe8508060cb4
Added to database: 12/16/2025, 5:18:48 PM
Last updated: 12/16/2025, 5:23:18 PM
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