CVE-2025-54658: fortidlp agent vulnerability

CVE-2025-54658: high vulnerability affecting fortidlp agent. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
CVE-2025-54658CVSS 7.8Firewall

CVE-2025-54658: fortidlp agent vulnerability

CVE-2025-54658: high vulnerability affecting fortidlp agent. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.

CVSS
7.8 HIGH
EPSS
11.07%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
fortidlp agent

What is known

An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability [CWE-22] in Fortinet FortiDLP Agent's Outlookproxy plugin for MacOS 11.5.1 and 11.4.2 through 11.4.6 and 11.3.2 through 11.3.4 and 11.2.0 through 11.2.3 and 11.1.1 through 11.1.2 and 11.0.1 and 10.5.1 and 10.4.0, and 10.3.1 may allow an authenticated attacker to escalate their privilege to Root via sending a crafted request to a local listening port.

Business impact

Successful exploitation of CVE-2025-54658, a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) affecting fortidlp agent, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.

Recommended administrator action

Confirm whether fortidlp agent is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.

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