5.3 Medium Exploited

CVE-2025-68686 Fortinet FortiOS Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability

Active exploitation observed

· CISA KEV catalogue

Required action Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Ransomware campaigns Not observed so far

Weakness CWE-200

Description

An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability [CWE-200] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions 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.

Affected products and versions

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
FortiOS 7.6	7.6.0 → 7.6.1	No fix stated
FortiOS 7.4	7.4.0 → 7.4.6	No fix stated
FortiOS 7.2	7.2.0 → 7.2.13	No fix stated
FortiOS 7.0	7.0.0 → 7.0.19	No fix stated
FortiOS 6.4	6.4.0 → 6.4.16	No fix stated

References

fortiguard.fortinet.com fortiguard.fortinet.com

Timeline

Published February 10, 2026
Added to the KEV catalogue July 27, 2026
Last modified July 28, 2026

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