# CVE-2025-68686

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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2025-68686
- CVSS: 5.9
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2026-07-27; CISA due date 2026-08-10
- EPSS: 29.50%
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact partial (assessed 2026-07-27)
- Weakness: CWE-200
- Published: 2026-02-10

## Affected versions

- Fortinet FortiOS: affected >= 7.6.0 and <= 7.6.1; >= 7.4.0 and <= 7.4.6; >= 7.2.0 and <= 7.2.13; >= 7.0.0 and <= 7.0.19; >= 6.4.0 and <= 6.4.16

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-934
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-68686

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