PSIRTLack of certificate verification when establishing secure connections with threat feed fabric connectors
Summary
An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiOS and FortiProxy may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack on the communication channel between the FortiOS/FortiProxy device and remote servers hosting threat feeds (when the latter are configured as Fabric connectors in FortiOS/FortiProxy)
| Version | Affected | Solution |
|---|---|---|
| FortiOS 7.2 | 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 | Upgrade to 7.2.4 or above |
| FortiOS 7.0 | 7.0.0 through 7.0.7 | Upgrade to 7.0.8 or above |
| FortiOS 6.4 | 6.4 all versions | Migrate to a fixed release |
| FortiOS 6.2 | 6.2 all versions | Migrate to a fixed release |
| FortiOS 6.0 | 6.0 all versions | Migrate to a fixed release |
| FortiProxy 7.2 | Not affected | Not Applicable |
| FortiProxy 7.0 | 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 | Upgrade to 7.0.7 or above |
| FortiProxy 2.0 | 2.0 all versions | Migrate to a fixed release |
| FortiProxy 1.2 | 1.2 all versions | Migrate to a fixed release |
| FortiProxy 1.1 | Not affected | Not Applicable |
Timeline
2023-02-16: Initial publication