# CVE-2023-44250 — Fortinet FortiOS

> As of 2024-11-14, CVE-2023-44250 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS, CVSS v3.1 8.3, EPSS 0.8% (58.4th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2023-44250, most recently “Multiple Fortinet FortiOS Vulnerabilities (incl. CVE-2024-23113) Affect Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 via Bundled Fortinet NGFW < V7.4.3 (SSA-832273)”.

**Last updated:** 2024-11-14

## What is CVE-2023-44250?

An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in a Fortinet FortiOS HA cluster version 7.4.0 through 7.4.1 and 7.2.5 and in a FortiProxy HA cluster version 7.4.0 through 7.4.1 allows an authenticated attacker to perform elevated actions via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

The record classifies CVE-2023-44250 under weakness class [CWE-269](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-269). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 2 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 1017 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 8.3 — HIGH (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.4% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 6.5/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2024-01-10, last modified 2024-11-14

## Is CVE-2023-44250 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 20 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [Fortinet](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/fortinet): FortiOS, FortiProxy

## How to fix CVE-2023-44250

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2023-44250 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2023-44250

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2023-44250, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [Multiple Fortinet FortiOS Vulnerabilities (incl. CVE-2024-23113) Affect Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 via Bundled Fortinet NGFW < V7.4.3 (SSA-832273)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2489) — CRITICAL · 2026-09-13

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Other references**

- [fortiguard.com](https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-315)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2023-44250
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2023-44250 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp