How to find Fortinet FortiPAM assets on your network

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Latest Fortinet FortiPAM vulnerability: CVE-2025-49201 #

Fortinet has issued an advisory for a weak authentication vulnerability in the GUI component of certain versions of Fortinet FortiPAM. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated adversary to execute unauthorized code or commands through specially crafted HTTP requests. The vulnerability, designated CVE-2025-49201, is rated high with a base CVSS score of 7.4.

The following versions are affected

  • FortiPAM 1.0 all versions
  • FortiPAM 1.1 all versions
  • FortiPAM 1.2 all versions
  • FortiPAM 1.3 all versions
  • FortiPAM 1.4 versions 1.4.0 through 1.4.2
  • FortiPAM 1.5 version 1.5.0

What is Fortinet FortiPAM? #

Fortinet FortiPAM is a privileged access management solution that provides secure, centralized control and session monitoring for privileged users accessing sensitive assets and credentials across IT and OT environments.

What is the impact? #

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability would allow an adversary to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system, potentially leading to complete system compromise.

Are updates or workarounds available? #

Upgrade affected systems to the new versions

  • FortiPAM 1.0 migrate to a fixed release
  • FortiPAM 1.1 migrate to a fixed release
  • FortiPAM 1.2 migrate to a fixed release
  • FortiPAM 1.3 migrate to a fixed release
  • FortiPAM 1.4 upgrade to version 1.4.3 or later
  • FortiPAM 1.5 upgrade to version 1.5.1 or later

How to find potentially vulnerable systems with runZero #

From the Asset Inventory, use the following query to locate potentially impacted assets:

os:="Fortinet FortiPAM%"

Written by Matthew Kienow

Matthew Kienow is a software engineer and security researcher. Matthew previously worked on the Recog recognition framework, AttackerKB as well as Metasploit's MSF 5 APIs. He has also designed, built, and successfully deployed many secure software solutions; however, often he enjoys breaking them instead. He has presented his research at various security conferences including DerbyCon, Hack In Paris, and CarolinaCon. His research has been cited by CSO, Threatpost and SC Magazine.

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