Is CVE-2022-26118 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-26118 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-26118?

CVE-2022-26118 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.7 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-26118?

CVE-2022-26118 has an EPSS score of 0.26% (17th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-26118?

Upgrade fortianalyzer to 7.0.4 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-26118

MEDIUM

6.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A privilege chaining vulnerability [CWE-268] in FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer 6.0.x, 6.2.x, 6.4.0 through 6.4.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3 may allow a local and authenticated attacker with a restricted shell to escalate their privileges to root due to incorrect permissions of some folders and executable files on the system.

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

How to fix

Remediation Available

fortianalyzerNVD

Affected:>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.4Fixed in:7.0.4CVE-2022-26118derived from NVD

fortimanagerNVD

Affected:>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.4Fixed in:7.0.4CVE-2022-26118derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.26%probability of exploitation in 30 days

17thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 17% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

fortiguard.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-12635	Critical	9.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-24637	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-5689	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-3243	Critical	9.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2024-21888	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-0441	Critical	9.8	85%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.