CVE-2023-40718 is a high-severity interpretation conflict vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Fortinet IPS Engine versions 7.321, 7.166, and 6.158, affecting FortiOS and FortiOS_IPS_Engine. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to evade IPS features by sending specially crafted TCP packets, leading to a high impact on integrity without requiring user interaction. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.312CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortios_ips_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 7.165CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortios_ips_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 6.158CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortios_ips_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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