CVE-2023-22633 — An improper permissions, privileges, and access controls vulnerability [CWE-264]

An improper permissions, privileges, and access controls vulnerability [CWE-264] in FortiNAC-F 7.2.0, FortiNAC 9.4.1 and below, 9.2.6 and below, 9.1.8 and below, 8.8.0 all versions 8.7.0 all versions may allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform a DoS attack on the device via

01What is this vulnerability?

An improper permissions, privileges, and access controls vulnerability [CWE-264] in FortiNAC-F 7.2.0, FortiNAC 9.4.1 and below, 9.2.6 and below, 9.1.8 and below, 8.8.0 all versions 8.7.0 all versions may allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform a DoS attack on the device via client-secure renegotiation.

02Affected products

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

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

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

06Detection signatures

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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

• Published: 2023-06-13T08:41:44.268Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-23T14:26:31.560Z

09References

• fortiguard.com — https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-521