Critical FortiOS and FortiProxy Vulnerability Likely Exploited – Patch Now!

Fortinet on Monday disclosed that a newly patched critical flaw impacting FortiOS and FortiProxy may have been “exploited in a limited number of cases” in attacks targeting government, manufacturing, and critical infrastructure sectors.

The vulnerability, dubbed XORtigate and tracked as CVE-2023-27997 (CVSS score: 9.2), concerns a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in FortiOS and FortiProxy SSL-VPN that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via specifically crafted requests.

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