CVE-2023-27993

HighCVSS 7.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A relative path traversal [CWE-23] in Fortinet FortiADC version 7.2.0 and before 7.1.1 allows a privileged attacker to delete arbitrary directories from the underlying file system via crafted CLI commands.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-23 CWE-22

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Fortinet	FortiADC	7.2.0; >= 7.1.0, <= 7.1.1; >= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.5; >= 6.2.0, <= 6.2.6; >= 6.1.0, <= 6.1.6; >= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.4; >= 5.4.0, <= 5.4.5; >= 5.3.0, <= 5.3.7; >= 5.2.0, <= 5.2.8

References

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-069Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-069Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 3, 2023
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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