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CVE-2025-68686

Fortinet FortiOS•MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9• In the wild In CISA KEV

What is CVE-2025-68686?

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.

CVSS5.9 NVD 3.1

SeverityMEDIUM

Exploitation In the wild In CISA KEV

EPSS29% · P98

Triage statusActive Exploit

ActionPatch immediately

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWECWE-200

NVD published2026-02-10

NVD last modified2026-07-28

Timeline

2026-02-10Published to the U.S. National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
2026-07-27Added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog
2026-07-28NVD record last updated
2026-07-29First covered in a defend.network daily briefing
2026-08-10CISA federal remediation deadline (BOD 22-01)

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Fortinet FortiOS Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability

Added to KEV2026-07-27

Federal patch deadline2026-08-10

Known ransomware useUnknown

Affected product

Fortinet FortiOS

Remediation Steps

Apply the vendor security update for Fortinet Fortios as a priority.
Restrict network exposure of the affected service to trusted sources until patched.
Review logs and detections for indicators of exploitation.
Confirm fixed versions against the official vendor advisory before deploying.

References

Referenced in our briefings & reports

Vulnerability Priority Report – Week 4 of August 2026 (August 24 – 30)
Vulnerability Priority Report – Week 3 of August 2026 (August 17 – 23)
Vulnerability Priority Report – Week 2 of August 2026 (August 10 – 16)
Vulnerability Priority Report – Week 1 of August 2026 (August 3 – 9)
Vulnerability Priority Report – Week 4 of July 2026 (July 27 – August 2)
OpenAI exploits Artifactory zero-days; OpenWrt, vBulletin critical RCEs patched (2026-07-29)

Related vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-61624 – Fortinet Multiple Products (same product)
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CVE-2026-25089 – Fortinet FortiSandbox (same vendor)
CVE-2026-39808 – Fortinet FortiSandbox (same vendor)
CVE-2026-39813 – Fortinet Fortisandbox (same vendor)

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