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CVE-2021-44168

7.8, high Known exploited

Fortinet FortiOS Arbitrary File Download

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CVSS
7.8, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
0.9% higher than 57.8% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
4 Jan 20224 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 10 Dec 2021. US federal agencies had to remediate by 24 Dec 2021, a deadline that has passed.

Required action. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

A download of code without integrity check vulnerability in the "execute restore src-vis" command of FortiOS before 7.0.3 may allow a local authenticated attacker to download arbitrary files on the device via specially crafted update packages.

Details

Vendor
Fortinet
Product
Fortinet FortiOS
Weakness
CWE-494 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
psirt@fortinet.com

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

References 2

Advisories 1

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 16 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.