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TI-2016-06413 Aliases CVE-2016-7541GHSA-5qrm-hvcf-q4hg

Long lived sessions in Fortinet FortiGate devices with FortiOS 5.x before 5.4.0 could…

Priority LOW 28CWE-254Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00952 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
FortinetFortiOS5.0.x, 5.2.x—No fix listedCNA
  • FortiOS VendorFortinet Affected 5.0.x, 5.2.x Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 26

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.0VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.1VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.2VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.3VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.4VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.5VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.6VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.7VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.8VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.9VulnerableFortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.0 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.1 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.2 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.3 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.4 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.5 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.6 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.7 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.8 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.9 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
Show 16 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.10VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.11VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.12VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.13VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.14VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.0VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.1VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.2VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.3VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.4VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.5VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.6VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.7VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.8VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.9VulnerableFortinet
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.10VulnerableFortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.10 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.11 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.12 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.13 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.14 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.0 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.1 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.2 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.3 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.4 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.5 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.6 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.7 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.8 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.9 Vulnerable ·Fortinet
  • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.10 Vulnerable ·Fortinet

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-7541
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5qrm-hvcf-q4hg

References

Other 1

  • TI-2026-20057 Authentication bypass in Fortinet FortiWeb KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
  • TI-2025-18911 Heap-based buffer overflow in Fortinet FortiSwitchManager KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-36904 Authentication bypass in Fortinet FortiOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-15234 A use of externally-controlled format string in Fortinet FortiOS versions 7.4.0 through… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-14448 Out-of-bounds write in Fortinet FortiOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-12585 Heap-based buffer overflow in Fortinet FortiOS-6K7K KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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