Fortinet FortiAnalyzer Lack of TLS Certificate Validation during initial SSO Authentication (FG-IR-26-078)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 301717

Synopsis

Fortinet Firewall is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FortiAnalyzer installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FG-IR-26-078 advisory.

- A improper certificate validation vulnerability in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, FortiAnalyzer 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, FortiAnalyzer 7.2 all versions, FortiAnalyzer 7.0 all versions, FortiAnalyzer 6.4 all versions, FortiManager 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, FortiManager 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, FortiManager 7.2 all versions, FortiManager 7.0 all versions, FortiManager 6.4 all versions may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to view confidential information via a man in the middle [MiTM] attack.
(CVE-2025-68482)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

For 6.4.x / 7.0.x / 7.2.x, see vendor advisory. For 7.4.x, upgrade to FortiAnalyzer version 7.4.9 or later. For 7.6.x, upgrade to FortiAnalyzer version 7.6.5 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-078

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 301717

File Name: fortianalyzer_FG-IR-26-078.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 3/10/2026

Updated: 3/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68482

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:fortinet:fortianalyzer

Required KB Items: Host/Fortigate/model, Host/Fortigate/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68482