CVE-2025-68686
Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2026-07-27 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.
- Published2026-02-10
- Fixed in7.6.2 · 7.4.7
- WeaknessCWE-200
Am I affected?
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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.
Timeline
dates in UTCObserved activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-27 15:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2025-68686?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2025-68686?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | ≥ 7.6.0, < 7.6.2 | 7.6.2 | NVD |
| 7.4 | ≥ 6.4.0, < 7.4.7 | 7.4.7 | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808
RUGGEDCOM APE1808
SSA-770770: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Fortigate NGFW Before V7.4.7 on RUGGEDCOM APE1808 Devices
RUGGEDCOM APE1808
Fix
- Update Fortinet FortiOS to 7.6.2 · 7.4.7
- CISA’s 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.due 2026-08-10
- Vendor fix Siemens ProductCERT SSA-770770 · 1 productUpdate Fortigate NGFW to V7.4.7. Contact customer support to receive patch and update information
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-25-044-06 · 1 productUpdate Fortigate NGFW to V7.4.7. Contact customer support to receive patch and update information
Advisories and patches
- fortiguard.fortinet.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
- Date Added
- 2026-07-27
- Patch Due Date
- 2026-08-10
- Ransomware Use
- Unknown
- 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.
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Published
- 2026-02-10
- Last Modified
- 2026-07-28
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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