CVE-2016-7541

mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.010 · 61 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.95% (61st) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

30 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Long lived sessions in Fortinet FortiGate devices with FortiOS 5.x before 5.4.0 could violate a security policy during IPS signature updates when the FortiGate's IPSengine is configured in flow mode. All FortiGate versions with IPS configured in proxy mode (the default mode) are not affected.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.05.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 3.6

v3.05.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.15.9mediumAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-254USprimaryCWE-613US

affected products (30)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Fortinet FortiOS≤ 5.0.x, 5.2.xenisa_euvdEU
Fortinet Inc. FortiOS5.0.0 → 5.0.13fstec_bduRU
Fortinet Inc. FortiOS5.2.0 → 5.2.6fstec_bduRU
Fortinet Inc. FortiOS5.4.0 → 5.4.2fstec_bduRU
fortinet fortios= 5.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios= 5.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios= 5.0.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios= 5.0.11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios= 5.0.12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios= 5.0.13nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios= 5.0.14nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios= 5.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios= 5.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios= 5.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios= 5.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios= 5.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios= 5.0.7nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios= 5.0.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios= 5.0.9nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortios= 5.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-03-30modified 2026-06-17

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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-088 cnnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94477 cnnvd
http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-088 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94477 enisa_euvd
http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-088Not Applicablenvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94477Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd

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