CVE-2021-44168

Fortinet FortiOS

Published 4 Jan 2022 · updated 17 Jun 2026 · Analyzed

7.8 High · CVSS 3.1, NVD

Exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 10 Dec 2021, with a remediation deadline of 24 Dec 2021 for US federal agencies.

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.

References

fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-201 · Vendor Advisory
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-44168 · US Government Resource