CVE-2022-45857

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.003 · 24 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.31% (24th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An incorrect user management vulnerability [CWE-286] in the FortiManager version 6.4.6 and below VDOM creation component may allow an attacker to access a FortiGate without a password via newly created VDOMs after the super_admin account is deleted.

cvss

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

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.6 · impact 5.3

v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Hsecondary · psirt@fortinet.comexploitability 0.7 · impact 5.3

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-286US

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Fortinet FortiManager≤ 7.0.0 ≤7.0.1enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet FortiManager≤ 6.4.0 ≤6.4.7enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet FortiManager≤ 6.2.0 ≤6.2.8enisa_euvdEU
fortinet fortimanager6.2.0 → 6.2.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortimanager6.4.0 → 6.4.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortimanager7.0.0 → 7.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0013Fortinet FortiManager: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Umgehen von SicherheitsvorkehrungenDeutsch2023-01-03csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Fortinet FortiManager ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-01-05modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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