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CVE-2016-7541

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9EPSS 1.0%EU EUVD

Long lived sessions in Fortinet FortiGate devices with FortiOS 5.x before 5.4.0 could violate a security policy during IPS signature updates when the FortiGate's IPSengine is configured in flow mode. All FortiGate versions with IPS configured in proxy mode (the default mode) are not affected.

Key facts

CVSS score
5.9 (v3.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-254
EPSS score
1.0% (61th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2016-8394)
Published
March 30, 2017
NVD last modified
June 17, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2016-8394 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 25, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • fortinet / fortios
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Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

  • FortiOS 5.2 - Fortinet, Inc. - FIPS 140 2765 - historical

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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