Servers and applications

CVE-2017-17544

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 6.0.0 to 6.0.6, 5.6.0 to 5.6.10, 5.4 and below allows admin users to elevate their profile to super_admin via restoring modified configurations.

Severity: High 7.2
Published: 9 Apr 2019
Last changed: 17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron: 1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance: 1.7% in the next 30 daysHigher than 77% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 10 Nov 2026
Sources: NVD

Affected software

Software	Affected versions
Fortinet FortiOSServers and applications · `cpe:o:fortinet:fortios`	Every version up to 5.4.0 From 5.6.0 up to 5.6.10 From 6.0.0 up to 6.0.6

References

NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17544
CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17544