---
id: CVE-2025-46774
title: >-
  An Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability [CWE-347] in
  FortiClient MacOS installer version 7.4.2 and below, version 7.2.9 and below,
  7.0 all versions may allow a local user to escalate their privileges via
  FortiCl…
summary: >-
  An Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability [CWE-347] in
  FortiClient MacOS installer version 7.4.2 and below, version 7.2.9 and below,
  7.0 all versions may allow a local user to escalate their privileges via
  FortiCl…
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-347
vendor: fortinet
product: forticlient
affected:
  - 'forticlient >= 7.0.0, < 7.2.10'
  - 'forticlient >= 7.4.0, < 7.4.4'
patched:
  - forticlient 7.4.4
published: '2025-10-14'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T12:10:00.217'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46774'
references:
  - url: 'https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-126'
    label: psirt@fortinet.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00082
epssPercentile: 0.00191
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T11:31:27.388Z'
---

## Overview

An Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability [CWE-347] in FortiClient MacOS installer version 7.4.2 and below, version 7.2.9 and below, 7.0 all versions may allow a local user to escalate their privileges via FortiClient related executables.

## Affected

- `forticlient >= 7.0.0, < 7.2.10`
- `forticlient >= 7.4.0, < 7.4.4`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `forticlient 7.4.4`