CVE-2025-68686 — Security Box Score

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CVE-2025-68686MEDIUM

Fortinet FortiOS

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   H   N   N  U  H  N  N    5.9   .0126   67.4   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  FortiOS  7.6.0 –   —

TIMELINE
  Dec 23  Reserved by fortinet
  Jul 27  Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2026-08-10
  Jul 27  Published (CNA: fortinet)
  Jul 28  RESCORED — CVE-2025-68686 (Fortinet FortiOS). CVSS 5.3 → 5.9 (NVD).
  Aug 11  DUE DATE PASSED — CVE-2025-68686 (Fortinet FortiOS). CISA remediation deadline was August 10, 2026; still in catalog.

CWE-200 · CNA: fortinet · CVSS v3.1 · 2 references · NVD status: Analyzed · KEV due August 10, 2026

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 5 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
December 23, 2025	Reserved	Reserved by fortinet
July 27, 2026	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2026-08-10
July 27, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: fortinet)
July 28, 2026	RESCORED	RESCORED — CVE-2025-68686 (Fortinet FortiOS). CVSS 5.3 → 5.9 (NVD).
August 11, 2026	DUE DATE PASSED	DUE DATE PASSED — CVE-2025-68686 (Fortinet FortiOS). CISA remediation deadline was August 10, 2026; still in catalog.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Fortinet	FortiOS	—	7.6.0	—

Weaknesses

CWE-200

References (2)

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

Authoritative record: CVE-2025-68686 at cve.org

Vendors: fortinet

Weaknesses: CWE-200

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2025-68686 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.