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CVE-2023-28002

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28002 is an integrity check bypass vulnerability (CWE-354) affecting multiple versions of Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy. A local attacker with administrative privileges can exploit this flaw to boot a malicious image, circumventing the device's filesystem integrity checks. Rated 6.7 MEDIUM, the vulnerability requires high privileges and local access, but successful exploitation could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.2.0, <= 7.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2.0, <= 6.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.5
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
7.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0017 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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-22-396
Vendor Advisory