Security News > 2023 > July > Fortinet warns of critical RCE flaw in FortiOS, FortiProxy devices
Fortinet has disclosed a critical severity flaw impacting FortiOS and FortiProxy, allowing a remote attacker to perform arbitrary code execution on vulnerable devices.
"A stack-based overflow vulnerability [CWE-124] in FortiOS & FortiProxy may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or command via crafted packets reaching proxy policies or firewall policies with proxy mode alongside SSL deep packet inspection," warns Fortinet in a new advisory.
The Fortinet advisory has clarified that FortiOS products from the 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 2.x, and 1.x release branches are not impacted by CVE-2023-33308.
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-26 | CVE-2023-33308 | Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios and Fortiproxy A stack-based overflow vulnerability [CWE-124] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.0.0 through 7.0.10 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 and FortiProxy version 7.0.0 through 7.0.9 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.2 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or command via crafted packets reaching proxy policies or firewall policies with proxy mode alongside deep or full packet inspection. | 9.8 |