CVE-2025-68686 — Fortinet FortiOS Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability

CVE-2025-68686 (Fortinet FortiOS) is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog since 2026-07-27. Fortinet FortiOS contains an exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor vulnerability. This… See the required fix, due date and advisories.

Exploitation status

CVE-2025-68686 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added 2026-07-27. Fortinet FortiOS contains an exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor vulnerability. This may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the patch developed for the symbolic link persistency mechanism observed in some post-exploit cases, via crafted HTTP requests. An attacker would need first to have compromised the product via another vulnerability, at filesystem level.

Advisory facts

Vendor or project
Fortinet
Affected product
FortiOS
Added to CISA KEV
2026-07-27
US federal remediation due date
2026-08-10
Ransomware association
Unknown
EPSS score
—
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200

Remediation: the required action

Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Wording published by CISA for this catalog entry. It is the baseline action, not a decision about your environment: whether this exposure matters for you depends on where the affected component runs, what it is exposed to and who owns it.

From advisory to a decision you can defend

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Sourced from public upstream advisories (CISA KEV, ENISA EUVD, vendor PSIRTs) mirrored daily. Informational only — not a remediation decision, not legal advice, and the absence of a record is not evidence of safety.