9.8
CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-59719
Fortinet FortiWeb Cryptographic Signature Verification Bypass Vulnerability
Description

An improper verification of cryptographic signature vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb 8.0.0, FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 7.4.9 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to bypass the FortiCloud SSO login authentication via a crafted SAML response message.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 9, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 9, 2025, 7:59 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-59719 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fortinet fortiweb
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL 6abe59d8-c742-4dff-8ce8-9b0ca1073da8
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
Apply the available patch to address improper cryptographic signature verification and bypass FortiCloud SSO login.
  • Update FortiWeb to a patched version.
  • Verify SAML response integrity.
  • Ensure proper SSO configuration.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-59719 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-59719.

URL Resource
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-647 Vendor Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-59719 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-59719 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

PoC para determinar si Fortinet es vulnerable a CVE-2025-59718 / CVE-2025-59719

Python

Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 27, 2025, 4:24 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Fortinet announced two closely related authentication‑bypass vulnerabilities on 9 December 2025. Both flaws involve improper verification of cryptographic signatures (CWE‑347) in the handling of SAML responses for the FortiCloud SSO login feature.

Python

Updated: 1 month ago
1 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Dec. 17, 2025, 11:33 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

parse SAML responses from a pcap

Python

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 11, 2025, 2:45 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

None

Python

Updated: 2 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 29, 2024, 8:10 p.m. This repo has been linked 11 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-59719 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • The Hacker News
Fortinet Confirms Active FortiCloud SSO Bypass on Fully Patched FortiGate Firewalls

Fortinet has officially confirmed that it's working to completely plug a FortiCloud SSO authentication bypass vulnerability following reports of fresh exploitation activity on fully-patched firewalls. ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 23, 2026 (15 hours, 28 minutes ago)
  • CybersecurityNews
Fortinet Confirms Active Exploitation of FortiCloud SSO Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Fortinet confirms active exploitation of a FortiCloud SSO authentication bypass vulnerability, with a new automated campaign targeting even fully patched FortiGate devices. Cybersecurity firm Arctic W ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 23, 2026 (16 hours, 6 minutes ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
“New” Path of Attack: Fully Upgraded Fortinet Devices Hit by SSO Exploits

Fortinet is investigating a concerning new wave of attacks targeting its network security devices, where threat actors are successfully compromising systems that have already been fully patched agains ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 23, 2026 (23 hours, 24 minutes ago)
  • The Register
FortiGate firewalls hit by silent SSO intrusions and config theft

FortiGate firewalls are getting quietly reconfigured and stripped down by miscreants who've figured out how to sidestep SSO protections and grab sensitive settings right out of the box. That's accordi ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 22, 2026 (1 day, 11 hours ago)
  • CybersecurityNews
FortiGate Firewalls Hacked in Automated Attacks to Steal Configuration Data

A new cluster of automated malicious activity targeting FortiGate firewall devices. Beginning January 15, 2026, threat actors have been observed executing unauthorized configuration changes, establish ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 22, 2026 (1 day, 15 hours ago)
  • BleepingComputer
Hackers breach Fortinet FortiGate devices, steal firewall configs

Fortinet FortiGate devices are being targeted in automated attacks that create rogue accounts and steal firewall configuration data, according to cybersecurity company Arctic Wolf. The campaign starte ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 22, 2026 (1 day, 16 hours ago)
  • The Hacker News
Automated FortiGate Attacks Exploit FortiCloud SSO to Alter Firewall Configurations

Cybersecurity company Arctic Wolf has warned of a "new cluster of automated malicious activity" that involves unauthorized firewall configuration changes on Fortinet FortiGate devices. The activity, i ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 22, 2026 (1 day, 22 hours ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
New Campaign Targets FortiGate Firewalls with Unauthorized Config Changes

A fresh wave of automated cyberattacks is targeting FortiGate firewalls, exploiting unauthorized access to create backdoors and steal sensitive configuration data. Security researchers at Arctic Wolf ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 22, 2026 (2 days, 1 hour ago)
  • Help Net Security
Fully patched FortiGate firewalls are getting compromised via CVE-2025-59718?

CVE-2025-59718, a critical authentication bypass flaw that attackers exploited in December 2025 to compromise FortiGate appliances, appears to persist in newer, purportedly fixed releases of the under ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 21, 2026 (2 days, 8 hours ago)
  • europa.eu
Cyber Brief 26-01 - December 2025

Cyber Brief (December 2025)January 5, 2025 - Version: 1TLP:CLEARExecutive summaryWe analysed 368 open source reports for this Cyber Security Brief[^1].Relating to cyber policy and law enforcement, the ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 05, 2026 (2 weeks, 4 days ago)
  • CybersecurityNews
Cybersecurity Weekly Recap – PornHub Breach, Cisco 0-Day, Amazon Detains DPRK IT Worker, and more

In a week that revealed the flaws in digital trust, cybersecurity headlines were filled with high-profile breaches, zero-day exploits, and bold nation-state espionage. Attackers claimed to have swiped ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 21, 2025 (1 month ago)
  • CybersecurityNews
25,000+ FortiCloud SSO-Enabled Devices Exposed to Remote Attacks

Over 25,000 Fortinet devices worldwide with FortiCloud Single Sign-On (SSO) enabled, leaving them potentially exposed to remote attacks. The finding stems from enhanced device fingerprinting in a new ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 19, 2025 (1 month ago)
  • BleepingComputer
Over 25,000 FortiCloud SSO devices exposed to remote attacks

Internet security watchdog Shadowserver has found over 25,000 Fortinet devices exposed online with FortiCloud SSO enabled, amid ongoing attacks targeting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 19, 2025 (1 month ago)
  • security.nl
25.000 Fortinet-apparaten met FortiCloud SSO toegankelijk vanaf internet

Zeker 25.000 Fortinet-apparaten met FortiCloud SSO, waarvan bijna vierhonderd in Nederland, zijn toegankelijk vanaf het internet en lopen daarmee risico om te worden aangevallen, aldus The Shadowserve ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 19, 2025 (1 month ago)
  • The Hacker News
WatchGuard Warns of Active Exploitation of Critical Fireware OS VPN Vulnerability

Dec 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security WatchGuard has released fixes to address a critical security flaw in Fireware OS that it said has been exploited in real-world attacks. T ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 19, 2025 (1 month ago)
  • Help Net Security
Attackers are exploiting auth bypass vulnerability on FortiGate firewalls (CVE-2025-59718)

Attackers are exploiting a recently revealed vulnerability (CVE-2025-59718) to bypass authentication on Fortinet’s FortiGate firewalls, and are leveraging the achieved access to export their system co ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 17, 2025 (1 month ago)
  • CybersecurityNews
CISA Adds Fortinet Vulnerability to KEV Catalog After Active Exploitation

CISA has officially added CVE-2025-59718 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on December 16, 2025. Designating a critical deadline of December 23, 2025, for organizations to apply nec ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 17, 2025 (1 month ago)
  • BleepingComputer
Hackers exploit newly patched Fortinet auth bypass flaws

Hackers are exploiting critical-severity vulnerabilities affecting multiple Fortinet products to get unauthorized access to admin accounts and steal system configuration files. The two vulnerabilities ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 16, 2025 (1 month, 1 week ago)
  • The Hacker News
Fortinet FortiGate Under Active Attack Through SAML SSO Authentication Bypass

Dec 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Threat actors have begun to exploit two newly disclosed security flaws in Fortinet FortiGate devices, less than a week after public discl ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 16, 2025 (1 month, 1 week ago)
  • security.nl
'Kritieke Fortinet-lekken 3 dagen na bekendmaking misbruikt bij aanvallen'

Twee kritieke kwetsbaarheden in verschillende Fortinet-producten zijn vorige week misbruikt bij aanvallen, drie dagen nadat ze bekend waren gemaakt. Dat meldt securitybedrijf Arctic Wolf. De twee beve ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 16, 2025 (1 month, 1 week ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-59719 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 09, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiweb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.4.0 up to (including) 7.4.9 *cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiweb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.6.0 up to (including) 7.6.4 *cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiweb:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added Reference Type Fortinet, Inc.: https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-647 Types: Vendor Advisory
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Dec. 09, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description An improper verification of cryptographic signature vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb 8.0.0, FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 7.4.9 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to bypass the FortiCloud SSO login authentication via a crafted SAML response message.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-347
    Added Reference https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-647
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.8
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