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CVE-2021-44168

Low CVSS 3.3 Known exploited

Published 2022-01-04 · last changed 2026-06-17 · added to CISA KEV 2021-12-10

This one is being exploited in the wild.

CISA added CVE-2021-44168 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-12-10. Federal agencies are required to remediate it on a deadline. If you have affected machines, this is the class of finding that moves ahead of the rest of the queue.

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2021-44168, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

A download of code without integrity check vulnerability in the "execute restore src-vis" command of FortiOS before 7.0.3 may allow a local authenticated attacker to download arbitrary files on the device via specially crafted update packages.

Sources

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N