Fortinet FortiOS: Fortinet FortiOS Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability
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- started
- Jul 27, 2026
- closed
- Jul 27, 2026
- CVEs
- 1
- sources
- 3
## summary
Fortinet FortiOS contains an exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor vulnerability. This may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the patch developed for the symbolic link persistency mechanism observed in some post-exploit cases, via crafted HTTP requests. An attacker would need first to have compromised the product via another vulnerability, at filesystem level. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-07-27.
severity: Actively exploited (CISA KEV)
## cve ids[1]
## affected
- See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)
## fixed in
- See vendor advisory linked in sources
## timeline[1]
CISA added CVE-2025-68686 to the KEV catalog (due 2026-08-10).
## advisories[3]
## notes & caveats
Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record — verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier).
