🛡️ CVE-2022-22299 — fortiadc

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-134 NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
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Description

A format string vulnerability [CWE-134] in the command line interpreter of FortiADC version 6.0.0 through 6.0.4, FortiADC version 6.1.0 through 6.1.5, FortiADC version 6.2.0 through 6.2.1, FortiProxy version 1.0.0 through 1.0.7, FortiProxy version 1.1.0 through 1.1.6, FortiProxy version 1.2.0 through 1.2.13, FortiProxy version 2.0.0 through 2.0.7, FortiProxy version 7.0.0 through 7.0.1, FortiOS version 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, FortiOS version 6.2.0 through 6.2.10, FortiOS version 6.4.0 through 6.4.8, FortiOS version 7.0.0 through 7.0.2, FortiMail version 6.4.0 through 6.4.5, FortiMail version 7.0.0 through 7.0.2 may allow an authenticated user to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially crafted command arguments.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-22299 is classified as CWE-134: Externally Controlled Format String. User input is used as a format string, letting an attacker read or write memory through format specifiers.

Affected software

CVE-2022-22299 is recorded against 4 packages.

  • fortiadc
  • fortimail (from 7.0.0 up to 7.0.2)
  • fortios (from 7.0.0 up to 7.0.2)
  • fortiproxy

Timeline and source

Published on 5 August 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

fortiguard.com
fortiguard.com

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-134
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-08-05
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
fortiadc — —
fortimail 7.0.0 7.0.2
fortios 7.0.0 7.0.2
fortiproxy — —

References

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