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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-38381 · published 2 November 2022

CVE-2022-38381: Fortinet fortiadc vulnerability

Fortinet · Fortiadc

An improper handling of malformed request vulnerability [CWE-228] exists in FortiADC 5.0 all versions, 6.0.0 all versions, 6.1.0 all versions, 6.2.0 through 6.2.3, and 7.0.0 through 7.0.2. This may allow a remote attacker without privileges to bypass some Web Application Firewall (WAF) protection such as the SQL Injection and XSS filters via a malformed HTTP request.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 0.72% · top 47.8%
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.72%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An improper handling of malformed request vulnerability [CWE-228] exists in FortiADC 5.0 all versions, 6.0.0 all versions, 6.1.0 all versions, 6.2.0 through 6.2.3, and 7.0.0 through 7.0.2. This may allow a remote attacker without privileges to bypass some Web Application Firewall (WAF) protection such as the SQL Injection and XSS filters via a malformed HTTP request.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-234 Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-234 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-38381), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.