Known exploited · Fortinet
CVE-2018-13382: Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Improper Authorization
What it is
An Improper Authorization vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy under SSL VPN web portal allows an unauthenticated attacker to modify the password.
- Vendor
- Fortinet
- Product
- FortiOS and FortiProxy
- Added to KEV
- January 10, 2022
- CISA due date
- July 10, 2022
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Weakness
- CWE-285: Improper Authorization
What CISA requires
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Forensic triage
No
What to do now
- Find every instance of FortiOS and FortiProxy you run, including the forgotten ones, and check its version against the vendor advisory.
- Apply the vendor's fix or mitigation, before July 10, 2022 if you are bound by CISA's deadline, sooner if it faces the internet.
- Assume it was tried against you already: look for signs of exploitation from the date it was added, not from the day you patched.
References
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Start freeSource: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog (public domain), catalog version 2026.10.01.