P4Verified

CVE-2025-46774: forticlient from 7.0.0 (inclusive), before 7.2.10 (exclusive), from 7.4.0 (inclusive), before 7.4.4 (exclusive); +1…

CVE-2025-46774. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, NVD). EPSS 0.00082 (percentile 0.00194), scored 2026-10-06.

Affected technology

forticlient · from 7.0.0 (inclusive), before 7.2.10 (exclusive)
fortinet

forticlient · from 7.4.0 (inclusive), before 7.4.4 (exclusive)
fortinet

FortiClientMac · 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.9, 7.0.0 through 7.0.14
Fortinet

Description’s affected range: version 7.4.2 and below

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · User interaction required

Attack conditions (NVD, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

A local user may escalate their privileges via FortiClient related executables. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.5/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. NVD’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.

Published 2026-10-08 17:34:50.598150+00:00

CWE: CWE-347
CCR priority: 31.2 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · NVD
EPSS: 0.00082 · percentile 0.00198 · 2026-10-08
KEV: no

Provenance

FIRST EPSS daily exploit-probability · Source record · observed 2026-10-08 17:36:22.845483+00:00 UTC
NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-08 17:32:11.049884+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-46774.html