Improper privilege management in Fortinet, Inc products - CVE-2025-54821
Published: November 18, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU118604
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 1.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-54821
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to manipulate data.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management via SSH. An authenticated administrator can bypass the trusted host policy via crafted CLI command.
Affected software
FortiPAM
FortiOS
FortiProxy
FortiOS
FortiProxy
How to mitigate CVE-2025-54821
Install update from vendor's website.
FortiPAM - update to 1.6.1
FortiOS - update to 7.6.4
FortiProxy - update to 7.6.4
FortiOS - update to 7.6.4
FortiProxy - update to 7.6.4