Is CVE-2025-68686 being actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2025-68686 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added on July 27, 2026.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-68686?

CVE-2025-68686 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2025-68686

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9CISA KEV: actively exploitedEPSS 29.5%EU EUVD: exploited

An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability [CWE-200] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the patch developed for the symbolic link persistency mechanism observed in some post-exploit cases, via crafted HTTP requests. An attacker would need first to have compromised the product via another vulnerability, at filesystem level.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.9 (v3.1)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
EPSS score: 29.5% (98th percentile)
In CISA KEV: Yes, added July 27, 2026
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2025-207440)
Published: February 10, 2026
NVD last modified: July 28, 2026
Status: Analyzed

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Fortinet FortiOS Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability

Added to the KEV catalog on July 27, 2026; federal remediation due August 10, 2026.

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2025-207440 in the EU Vulnerability Database. ENISA flags it as known exploited. Last updated in EUVD on July 28, 2026.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

fortinet / fortios

Certified products that may be affected

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

Fortinet, Inc. FortiOS 7.0.7 - Fortinet, Inc. - Common Criteria NSCIB-CC-0590233-CR - active

References

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-934(Vendor Advisory)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-68686(US Government Resource)

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

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