Fortinet’s FortiWeb Flaw: Security Lapse or Stealthy Sabotage?
Fortinet has flagged a medium-severity security flaw in FortiWeb, CVE-2025-58034, exploited in the wild. It allows authenticated attackers to execute unauthorized code. Fortinet suggests upgrading affected versions. Ironically, this comes after they quietly patched another bug. Is Fortinet playing hide and seek with vulnerabilities? Stay tuned for the next patch surprise!
Hot Take:
Fortinet’s latest security hiccup is like discovering your home security camera was hacked because you left a sticky note on it saying, “Please don’t look.” A medium-severity flaw in their FortiWeb product is causing quite the stir, but fear not! Fortinet is on it like a ninja in a cybersecurity dojo, swiftly patching things up while leaving us all to wonder if silent patches are the new orange juice concentrate — effective but not ideally diluted for public consumption.
Key Points:
- Fortinet warns of a new medium-severity vulnerability, CVE-2025-58034, in FortiWeb.
- The flaw could allow authenticated attackers to execute unauthorized code via OS Command Injection.
- Fortinet has released patches for multiple versions of FortiWeb to address this flaw.
- Trend Micro’s Jason McFadyen reported the flaw under Fortinet’s responsible disclosure policy.
- Recent silent patching practices by Fortinet are causing frustration among security professionals.