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.
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
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 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)
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