CVE-2025-59718
Fortinet admins report patched FortiGate firewalls getting hacked
Fortinet customers are seeing attackers exploiting a patch bypass for a previously fixed critical FortiGate authentication vulnerability (CVE-2025-59718) to hack patched firewalls. Until Fortinet provides a fully patched FortiOS release, admins are advised to temporarily disable the vulnerable FortiCloud login feature (if enabled) to secure their systems against attacks. To disable FortiCloud login, you have […]
Over 25,000 FortiCloud SSO devices exposed to remote attacks
Internet security watchdog Shadowserver has found over 25,000 Fortinet devices exposed online with FortiCloud SSO enabled, amid ongoing attacks targeting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability. Fortinet noted on December 9th, when it patched the security flaw tracked as CVE-2025-59718 (FortiOS, FortiProxy, FortiSwitchManager) and CVE-2025-59719 (FortiWeb), that the vulnerable FortiCloud SSO login feature is not enabled until admins […]
Hackers exploit newly patched Fortinet auth bypass flaws
Hackers are exploiting critical-severity vulnerabilities affecting multiple Fortinet products to get unauthorized access to admin accounts and steal system configuration files. The two vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719, and Fortinet warned in an advisory on December 9 about the potential for exploitation. CVE-2025-59718 is a FortiCloud SSO authentication bypass affecting FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager. It is […]
Fortinet warns of critical FortiCloud SSO login auth bypass flaws
Fortinet has released security updates to address two critical vulnerabilities in FortiOS, FortiWeb, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager that could allow attackers to bypass FortiCloud SSO authentication. Threat actors can exploit the two security flaws tracked as CVE-2025-59718 (FortiOS, FortiProxy, FortiSwitchManager) and CVE-2025-59719 (FortiWeb) by abusing improper verification of cryptographic signature weaknesses in vulnerable products via a […]