---
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
epss: 0.00152
epssPercentile: 0.04774
ingestedAt: '2026-06-29T13:24:34.603Z'
---

## 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`