Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-41682

High

Published: 13 October 2023

Published
13 October 2023
Modified
14 January 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0051 67.0th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-41682 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortisandbox. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 33.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSandbox 4.4.0, FortiSandbox 4.2.1 through 4.2.5, FortiSandbox 4.0.0 through 4.0.3, FortiSandbox 3.2 all versions, FortiSandbox 3.1 all versions, FortiSandbox 3.0 all versions, FortiSandbox 2.5 all…

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versions, FortiSandbox 2.4 all versions allows attacker to denial of service via crafted http requests.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

fortinet
fortisandbox
4.4.0 · 2.4.0 — 2.4.1 · 2.5.0 — 2.5.2 · 3.2.0 — 3.2.4

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.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References