No. CVE-2025-61624
Fortinet admin accounts can write or delete any file
Being used now
Yes. Attackers are using this right now.
Companies using FortiOS, FortiPAM, FortiProxy or FortiSwitchManager.
What to do
Apply Fortinet's update for your products.
Confirmed in attacksOct 16, 2026
ProductFortinet (several products)
Attack likelihood, next 30 days1.3%
Attack likelihood is EPSS, a daily estimate from FIRST.org of how likely this bug is to be used in attacks in the next 30 days.
The official description
FortiOS, FortiPAM, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager contain a path traversal vulnerability that may allow an authenticated attacker with admin profile and at least read-write permissions to write or delete arbitrary files via specific CLI commands.
For your tech helper or AI assistant
A read-only checklist. Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or a coding agent; it only looks and changes nothing.
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Is Fortinet Multiple Products (CVE-2025-61624) installed or running on this machine or in this project?
1. Find every copy and its version (apps, packages, containers, lockfiles).
2. Compare each version against the vendor's fixed version for CVE-2025-61624. Quote the vendor page you used.
3. Report a table: where, version, fixed version, status (exposed / fixed / not installed / unsure).
4. List the exact update steps, but do not run them.