---
id: CVE-2025-54821
title: >-
  An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in
  Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.11, FortiOS
  7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiPAM
  1.6.0, F…
summary: >-
  An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in
  Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.11, FortiOS
  7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiPAM
  1.6.0, F…
severity: low
cvss: 1.9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-269
vendor: fortinet
product: fortiproxy
affected:
  - 'fortiproxy >= 7.0.0, < 7.6.4'
  - 'fortipam >= 1.0.0, < 1.6.1'
  - 'fortios >= 6.4.0, < 7.6.4'
patched:
  - fortiproxy 7.6.4
  - fortipam 1.6.1
  - fortios 7.6.4
published: '2025-11-18'
updated: '2026-06-23'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54821'
references:
  - url: 'https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-545'
    label: psirt@fortinet.com
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-864900.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00185
epssPercentile: 0.08062
ingestedAt: '2026-06-29T13:24:34.603Z'
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2025-11-18T20:04:52.328701Z'
scores:
  nvd: 1.9
  cna: 1.7
---

## Overview

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.11, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.6.0, FortiPAM 1.5 all versions, FortiPAM 1.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.3 all versions, FortiPAM 1.2 all versions, FortiPAM 1.1 all versions, FortiPAM 1.0 all versions, FortiSASE 25.2.91 may allow an authenticated administrator to bypass the trusted host policy via crafted CLI command.

## Affected

- `fortiproxy >= 7.0.0, < 7.6.4`
- `fortipam >= 1.0.0, < 1.6.1`
- `fortios >= 6.4.0, < 7.6.4`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `fortiproxy 7.6.4`
- `fortipam 1.6.1`
- `fortios 7.6.4`