vulnerability
Fortinet FortiManager: CVE-2022-22303: FortiManager --- Password observed in cleartext in the config conflict file
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Mar 1, 2022 | Mar 22, 2022 | May 25, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Mar 1, 2022
Added
Mar 22, 2022
Modified
May 25, 2026
Description
An exposure of sensitive system information to an unauthorized control sphere vulnerability [CWE-497] in FortiManager may allow a low privileged authenticated user to gain access to the FortiGate users credentials via the config conflict file.
Solution
fortinet-fortimanager-upgrade-latest
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22303
- https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2022-22303
- https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-165
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-27449
- CVE-2022-22303
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-22303
- CWE-200
- EUVD-EUVD-2022-27449
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