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VulnerabilityCVE-2025-54821Published 2025-11-18

CVE-2025-54821 — Fortinet FortiPAM

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As of 2026-09-13, CVE-2025-54821 is a LOW-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiPAM, CVSS v3.1 1.8, EPSS 0.1% (3.8th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2025-54821, most recently “Multiple Vulnerabilities in Fortigate NGFW on RUGGEDCOM APE1808 Devices (SSA-864900) — Including Actively Exploited FortiCloud SSO Bypass (CVE-2025-59718/-59719) and FortiOS Heap Overflow (CVE-2025-25249)”.

CVSS v3.1
1.8/10Low
EPSS
0.1%Higher than 3.8% of scored CVEs
CISA KEV
NoNot in the KEV catalog
Tracked threats
1Campaigns referencing it
Priority
1.1/10Threadlinqs triage score
Published
Updated 2026-08-11
CVSS v3.1 1.8 (LOW) · EPSS 0.1% (higher than 3.8% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 1.1/10 · Published 2025-11-18

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What is CVE-2025-54821?

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.11, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.6.0, FortiPAM 1.5 all versions, FortiPAM 1.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.3 all versions, FortiPAM 1.2 all versions, FortiPAM 1.1 all versions, FortiPAM 1.0 all versions, FortiSASE 25.2.91 may allow an authenticated administrator to bypass the trusted host policy via crafted CLI command.

The record classifies CVE-2025-54821 under weakness class CWE-269. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs high-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction. 3 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 353 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score
1.8 — LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:R
EPSS (FIRST)
0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.8% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority
1.1/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
Published
2025-11-18, last modified 2026-08-11

Is CVE-2025-54821 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 6 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

How to fix CVE-2025-54821

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2025-54821 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-2025-54821

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2025-54821, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .

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