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CVE-2023-27997

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability [CWE-122] in FortiOS version 7.2.4 and below, version 7.0.11 and below, version 6.4.12 and below, version…

CVE-2023-279974 of 4 sources documented this
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rank 82 = 40 + 25 + 1 + 10 + 6

rank@v1 · act now

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.85689 · CISA KEV listed  ·  without this subject the record ranks 42

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 9.8, from NVD  ·  without this subject the record ranks 57

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

rose on 2025-11-21  ·  without this subject the record ranks 81

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

20 products in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 72

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

CISA remediation date held  ·  without this subject the record ranks 76

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$4.28Mover the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movement+$60,500on 2026-05-12, the last material move, 3 months before this reading
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$4.28M = $4.99M incident cost x 1 exposure x 0.85689 likelihood

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Hindsight · the state

0.85689EPSSKEV · LISTED
Severity9.2 CRITICALreceipt
Harmtotal loss · unauthenticated · ransomware-linkedreceipt
Exploitationransomware use knownreceipt
Defenseno fix version held
Movementthreshold crossedreceipt
PLATEAU10Minimal movement since 2025-03-17, 536 days at 0.86, as of 2026-09-04. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

CVE-2015-3113FortinetVMware vCenterFacebook WhatsAppAdobe AcrobatMicrosoft Windows27997

This record is one instance of CWE-122, heap-based buffer overflow. The index holds 3215 prior instances of this class, 19 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. taxonomy@v1

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Severity score
Fortinet9.2 CRITICALreceipt
NVD9.8 CRITICALreceipt

Both shown, dated. We don't pick winners. disagreement-rules@v1

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Reachnetwork-reachable · no privileges required · no user interaction · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete confidentiality, integrity and availability lossreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.1 · the CNA's vectorreceipt
Weakness classCWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflowreceipt
Published consequencesCWE-122: Availability: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart, DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU), DoS: Resource Consumption (Memory); Integrity, Confidentiality, Availability, Access Control: Execute…[email protected]
Ransomware campaign useKnown (CISA)receipt

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

Fixed inNo fix version in held sources, as the index stood on 4 Sep 2026.
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.
CISA remediation statusoverdue since 2023-07-04receipt
CISA required actionApply updates per vendor instructions.receipt
Published to CISA KEVsame dayderived

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Ransomware campaign use known, 2023-06-13.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published · 11 public repositories2023-06-16receipt
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed2023-06-13receipt
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known2023-06-13receipt

Authority who says so

CVSS, the CNA9.2 CRITICALreceipt
CVSS, NVD9.8 CRITICALreceipt
Exploit probability0.85689 · top 0.29% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth2 products across 1 vendorderived
Assigned byfortinetreceipt
Recorded changes182 · last 18 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Affected productFortinet FortiOS-6K7K; Fortinet FortiProxy; Fortinet FortiOSreceipt
Published rangesfortinet fortiproxy >= 1.1.0 <= 1.1.6; fortinet fortiproxy >= 1.2.0 <= 1.2.13; fortinet fortiproxy >= 2.0.0 <= 2.0.12; fortinet fortiproxy >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.9receipt
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fortinet fortiproxy >= 1.1.0 <= 1.1.6
fortinet fortiproxy >= 1.2.0 <= 1.2.13
fortinet fortiproxy >= 2.0.0 <= 2.0.12
fortinet fortiproxy >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.9
fortinet fortiproxy >= 7.2.0 <= 7.2.3
fortinet fortios >= 6.0.0 <= 6.0.16
fortinet fortios >= 6.2.0 <= 6.2.13
fortinet fortios >= 6.4.0 <= 6.4.12
fortinet fortios >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.11
fortinet fortios >= 7.2.0 <= 7.2.4
fortinet fortios >= 6.0.12 <= 6.0.16
fortinet fortios >= 6.2.9 <= 6.2.13
fortinet fortios 6.0.10
fortinet fortios 6.2.4
fortinet fortios 6.2.6
fortinet fortios 6.2.7
fortinet fortios 6.4.2
fortinet fortios 6.4.6
fortinet fortios 6.4.8
fortinet fortios 6.4.10

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Attack path

Unauthenticated network requestno credentials, no interactionCISA KEV listingadded 06-13 · due 07-04Fortinet FortiOSCWE-122 weaknessFull compromise (C/I/A)C:H / I:H / A:Hmandates remediationexploits CWE-122data compromise

What it is stated by the CNA

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability [CWE-122] in FortiOS version 7.2.4 and below, version 7.0.11 and below, version 6.4.12 and below, version 6.0.16 and below and FortiProxy version 7.2.3 and below, version 7.0.9 and below, version 2.0.12 and below, version 1.2 all versions, version 1.1 all versions SSL-VPN may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via specifically crafted requests. receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

severity
9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
weakness
CWE-122; CWE-787
affected versions
fortinet fortiproxy >= 1.1.0 <= 1.1.6; fortinet fortiproxy >= 1.2.0 <= 1.2.13; fortinet fortiproxy >= 2.0.0 <= 2.0.12; and 17 more, listed in full below
also scored by
[email protected] 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The CNA scored it 9.2 and NVD 9.8. Both are shown because both were published; we do not pick one.

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Dated events

2023-06-13Added to CISA KEV2023-07-04CISA remediation due2023-07-08EPSS moved 0.06 to 0.152025-03-17EPSS moved 0.08 to 0.852026-06-15EPSS moved 0.91 to 0.86

Movement the material steps

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17 Mar 20250.85304 · crossed 0.10 and 0.50 · scoring model v2025.03.14
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15 Jun 20260.85689 · crossed 0.90 · scoring model v2026.06.15
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23 Jun 20230.05748
8 Jul 20230.15407
13 May 20240.15076
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15 Jun 20260.85689

168 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.85689Published · CISA KEV2023-06-13Public PoC2023-06-16Index as of2026-09-04

Listed by CISA on the day it published and the record had been public for 3 years, 2 months when this index was last written.

No material movement in 81 days as of the last ingest this index recorded.

Published 2023-06-13 receipt · CISA KEV 2023-06-13 receipt · Public PoC 2023-06-16 receipt · Index as of 2026-09-04 derived

The pattern, elsewhere

This record is one instance of CWE-122, heap-based buffer overflow. The index holds 3215 prior instances of this class, 19 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. [email protected]

CVE-2015-3113matches 9 of 9KEV listed · 2015receipt
CVE-2025-25249 · Fortinet FortiSwitchManagermatches 9 of 10KEV listed · 2026receipt
CVE-2024-38812 · VMware vCenter Servermatches 9 of 10KEV listed · 2024receipt
CVE-2019-3568 · Facebook WhatsApp for Androidmatches 9 of 10KEV listed · 2019receipt
CVE-2021-21017 · Adobe Acrobat Readermatches 8 of 10KEV listed · 2021receipt
CVE-2024-30051 · Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809matches 7 of 10KEV listed · 2024receipt

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