Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-35849

High

Published: 13 September 2023

Published
13 September 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0039 60.6th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-35849 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiadc. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 39.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability [CWE-78] in the management interface of FortiADC 7.1.0 through 7.1.1, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3, 6.2.0 through 6.2.5 and 6.1.0 all versions may allow an authenticated attacker to execute unauthorized…

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commands via specifically crafted arguments to existing commands.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

fortinet
fortiadc
≤ 6.2.6 · 7.0.0 — 7.0.4 · 7.1.0 — 7.1.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

References