SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2022-40679

CVE-2022-40679 — An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerabili

An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability [CWE-78] in FortiADC 5.x all versions, 6.0 all versions, 6.1 all versions, 6.2.0 through 6.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3, 7.1.0; FortiDDoS 4.x all versions, 5.0 all versions, 5.1 all versions, 5.2 all v

CVSS
7.1 HIGH
EPSS
0.12% (top 68.60%)
CWE
CWE-78
Published
2023-04-11T16:05:49.688Z
Last modified
2024-10-23T14:30:02.463Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

01What is this vulnerability?

An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability [CWE-78] in FortiADC 5.x all versions, 6.0 all versions, 6.1 all versions, 6.2.0 through 6.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3, 7.1.0; FortiDDoS 4.x all versions, 5.0 all versions, 5.1 all versions, 5.2 all versions, 5.3 all versions, 5.4 all versions, 5.5 all versions, 5.6 all versions and FortiDDoS-F 6.4.0, 6.3.0 through…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
FortinetFortiDDoS5.6.0, 5.5.0, 5.4.0, 5.3.0, 5.2.0, 5.1.0, 5.0.0, 4.7.0, 4.6.0, 4.5.0, 4.4.0, 4.3.0, 4.2.1, 4.1.1, 4.0.0
FortinetFortiDDoSF — 6.4.0, 6.3.0, 6.2.0, 6.1.0
FortinetFortiADC7.1.0, 7.0.0, 6.2.0, 6.1.0, 6.0.0, 5.4.0, 5.3.0, 5.2.0, 5.1.0, 5.0.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

Want this in your SOAR or SIEM?
SARA's API returns EPSS, CVSS, KEV, and an analyst-grade summary in one call.
Read the API reference →