CVE-2025-46774

low-risk

Published 2025-10-14

An Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability [CWE-347] in FortiClient MacOS installer version 7.4.2 and below, version 7.2.9 and below, 7.0 all versions may allow a local user to escalate their privileges via FortiClient related executables.

Do I need to act?

0.01% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.5/10 High

LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Forticlient

Affected Vendors

Fortinet

References (1)

Vendor Advisory https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-126

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low-risk

Severity 20/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal