CVE-2025-54660: forticlient from 7.0.0 (inclusive), before 7.2.11 (exclusive), from 7.4.0 (inclusive), before 7.4.4 (exclusive); +1…

CVE-2025-54660. CVSS 3.1 base score 5.5 (MEDIUM, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.00154 (percentile 0.04123), scored 17-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

forticlient · from 7.0.0 (inclusive), before 7.2.11 (exclusive)
fortinet

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

FortiClientWindows · 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, 7.0.0 through 7.0.14
Fortinet

Description’s affected range: through 7.4.3

Component: Not specified by the source

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

What an attacker can do

A local attacker may run the application step by step and retrieve the saved VPN user password. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 5.5/10) rates confidentiality impact as high; integrity and availability impact as none.

Published 18-Oct-2026 20:24 UTC

CWE: CWE-489
CCR priority: 22.0 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N · Vendor/CNA
EPSS: 0.00154 · percentile 0.04123 · 2026-10-17
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-18 20:23:06.032219+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-54660.html