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Fortinet Fortigate Out-of-bounds access in CAPWAP daemon (FG-IR-26-123)

high Nessus Plugin ID 314322

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Fortigate installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FG-IR-26-123 advisory.

 - An Out-Of-Bounds Write vulnerability [CWE-787] in FortiOS capwap daemon may allow an attacker controlling an authenticated FortiAP FortiExtender or FortiSwitch to gain execution privileges on the FortiGate device (CVE-2025-53844)

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

Solution

For 7.2.x, upgrade to Fortigate version 7.2.12 or later. For 7.4.x, upgrade to Fortigate version 7.4.9 or later. For 7.6.x, upgrade to Fortigate version 7.6.4 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-123

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 314322

File Name: fortigate_FG-IR-26-123.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 5/12/2026

Updated: 5/12/2026

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-53844

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fortinet:fortios

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-53844