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CVE-2022-40682

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-40682 is an incorrect authorization vulnerability affecting Fortinet FortiClient (Windows) versions 7.0.0-7.0.7, 6.4.0-6.4.9, 6.2.0-6.2.9, and 6.0.0-6.0.10. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) allows a local, low-privileged attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands by sending a specially crafted request to a named pipe, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
>= 6.2.0, <= 6.2.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
>= 6.4.0, <= 6.4.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
6.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0016 is in the 27th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

fortinetvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

fortiguard.com / psirt/FG-IR-22-336
Vendor Advisory