CVE-2025-68686
Description
An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability [CWE-200] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the patch developed for the symbolic link persistency mechanism observed in some post-exploit cases, via crafted HTTP requests. An attacker would need first to have compromised the product via another vulnerability, at filesystem level.
Summary dbcve.org
This is a patch bypass vulnerability in FortiOS affecting versions 7.0 through 7.6.1. An attacker who has already achieved filesystem-level compromise through another vulnerability can bypass a previous patch for symbolic link persistency mechanisms using crafted HTTP requests, enabling unauthorized access to sensitive information.
Mitigation
Apply vendor-supplied patches when available. In the interim, restrict administrative access to trusted IPs only and monitor for anomalous HTTP requests that may indicate exploitation attempts of the symbolic link mechanism.