What is CVE-2023-27993?

CVE-2023-27993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiadc, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2023-05-03.

How severe is CVE-2023-27993?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Fortinet Fortiadc

CVE-2023-27993

A relative path traversal [CWE-23] in Fortinet FortiADC version 7.2.0 and before 7.1.1 allows a privileged attacker to delete arbitrary directories from the underlying file system via crafted CLI commands.

Published 2023-05-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 12.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fortinet Fortiadc — versions 7.2.0, 7.1.0, 7.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-069 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-27993?: CVE-2023-27993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiadc, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2023-05-03.
How severe is CVE-2023-27993?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.