🛡️ CVE-2023-41838 — fortianalyzer

🟠 CVSS 7.1 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-78 NVD
7.1
CVSS Score
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Description

An improper neutralization of special elements used in an os command ('os command injection') in FortiManager 7.4.0 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 may allow attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via FortiManager cli.

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 none, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-41838 is classified as CWE-78: OS Command Injection. Untrusted input reaches a shell command without neutralisation, so an attacker can run arbitrary operating system commands.

Affected software

CVE-2023-41838 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • fortianalyzer
  • fortimanager

Timeline and source

Published on 10 October 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

fortiguard.com
fortiguard.com

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.1
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-78
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-10-10
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
fortianalyzer — —
fortimanager — —

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