Is CVE-2025-68686 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-68686 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-68686?

CVE-2025-68686 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-68686?

CVE-2025-68686 has an EPSS score of 0.48% (38th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-68686?

Upgrade fortios to 7.6.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-68686

MEDIUM

5.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability [CWE-200] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions 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.

CWE-200Information Exposure

How to fix

Remediation Available

fortiosNVD

Affected:>= 7.6.0, < 7.6.2Fixed in:7.6.2CVE-2025-68686derived 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 VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.48%probability of exploitation in 30 days

38thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 38% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

fortiguard.fortinet.com

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CVE-2024-24919	High	8.6	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-14181	Medium	5.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-34429	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-11409	Medium	5.3	98%	-	-
CVE-2021-41277	Critical	10.0	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2016-2183	High	7.5	96%	-	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 2026-02-12.