SSA-864900

Siemens Security Advisory by Siemens ProductCERT

SSA-864900: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Fortigate NGFW on RUGGEDCOM APE1808 Devices

Publication Date:	2025-05-13
Last Update:	2025-09-09
Current Version:	V1.3
CVSS v3.1 Base Score:	7.2
CVSS v4.0 Base Score:	8.6

SUMMARY

Fortinet has published information on vulnerabilities in FortiOS. This advisory lists the related Siemens Industrial products.

Siemens is preparing fix versions and recommends to consult and implement the workarounds provided in Fortinet's upstream security notifications.

KNOWN AFFECTED PRODUCTS

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Affected Product and Versions	Remediation
RUGGEDCOM APE1808 All versions with Fortinet NGFW affected by all CVEs CVE-2024-32122 CVE-2024-50562 CVE-2024-52963 CVE-2024-55599 CVE-2025-22862 CVE-2025-24471 CVE-2025-25248 CVE-2025-25250 CVE-2025-53744	Contact customer support to receive patch and update information. See further recommendations from section Workarounds and Mitigations

WORKAROUNDS AND MITIGATIONS

Siemens has identified the following specific workarounds and mitigations that customers can apply to reduce the risk:

CVE-2024-52963: Under the config vpn ipsec phase1-interface configuration, either set authmethod to psk, or set digital-signature-auth to disable (see https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-373)

Product-specific remediations or mitigations can be found in the section Known Affected Products.
Please follow the General Security Recommendations.

GENERAL SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS

As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends to protect network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. In order to operate the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens recommends to configure the environment according to Siemens' operational guidelines for Industrial Security (Download: https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals. Additional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

RUGGEDCOM APE1808 is a powerful utility-grade application hosting platform that lets you deploy a range of commercially available applications for edge computing and cybersecurity in harsh, industrial environments.

VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION

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This chapter describes all vulnerabilities (CVE-IDs) addressed in this security advisory. Wherever applicable, it also documents the product-specific impact of the individual vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability CVE-2024-32122

An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability in FortiOS may allow a privileged authenticated attacker to retrieve LDAP credentials via modifying the LDAP server IP address in the FortiOS configuration to point to a malicious attacker-controlled server.

CVSS v3.1 Base Score	2.3
CVSS v3.1 Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE	CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Vulnerability CVE-2024-50562

An Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability [CWE-613] in FortiOS SSL-VPN version 7.6.0, version 7.4.6 and below, version 7.2.10 and below, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions may allow an attacker in possession of a cookie used to log in the SSL-VPN portal to log in again, although the session has expired or was logged out.

CVSS v3.1 Base Score	4.8
CVSS v3.1 Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RC:R
CWE	CWE-613: Insufficient Session Expiration

Vulnerability CVE-2024-52963

A out-of-bounds write in Fortinet FortiOS versions 7.6.0, 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, 7.0.0 through 7.0.16, 6.4.0 through 6.4.15 allows attacker to trigger a denial of service via specially crafted packets.

CVSS v3.1 Base Score	3.7
CVSS v3.1 Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:F/RL:W/RC:C
CWE	CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Vulnerability CVE-2024-55599

An Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard vulnerability [CWE-358] in FortiOS version 7.6.0, version 7.4.7 and below, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions and FortiProxy version 7.6.1 and below, version 7.4.8 and below, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions may allow a remote unauthenticated user to bypass the DNS filter via Apple devices.

CVSS v3.1 Base Score	5.3
CVSS v3.1 Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U
CWE	CWE-358: Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard

Vulnerability CVE-2025-22862

An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in FortiOS and FortiProxy may allow an authenticated attacker to elevate their privileges via triggering a malicious Webhook action in the Automation Stitch component.

CVSS v3.1 Base Score	6.7
CVSS v3.1 Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE	CWE-288: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Vulnerability CVE-2025-24471

An Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiOS version 7.6.1 and below, version 7.4.7 and below may allow an EAP verified remote user to connect from FortiClient via revoked certificate.

CVSS v3.1 Base Score	6.5
CVSS v3.1 Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
CWE	CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation

Vulnerability CVE-2025-25248

An Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability [CWE-190] in FortiOS version 7.6.2 and below, version 7.4.7 and below, version 7.2.10 and below, 7.2 all versions, 6.4 all versions, FortiProxy version 7.6.2 and below, version 7.4.3 and below, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 2.0 all versions and FortiPAM version 1.5.0, version 1.4.2 and below, 1.3 all versions, 1.2 all versions, 1.1 all versions, 1.0 all versions SSL-VPN RDP and VNC bookmarks may allow an authenticated user to affect the device SSL-VPN availability via crafted requests.

CVSS v3.1 Base Score	5.3
CVSS v3.1 Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RC:R
CVSS v4.0 Base Score	6.0
CVSS v4.0 Vector	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE	CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Vulnerability CVE-2025-25250

An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability [CWE-200] in FortiOS version 7.6.0, version 7.4.7 and below, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions SSL-VPN web-mode may allow an authenticated user to access full SSL-VPN settings via crafted URL.

CVSS v3.1 Base Score	4.3
CVSS v3.1 Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RC:R
CWE	CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Vulnerability CVE-2025-53744

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability [CWE-266] in FortiOS Security Fabric version 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions, may allow a remote authenticated attacker with high privileges to escalate their privileges to super-admin via registering the device to a malicious FortiManager.

CVSS v3.1 Base Score	7.2
CVSS v3.1 Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0 Base Score	8.6
CVSS v4.0 Vector	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE	CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Siemens recommends to consult and implement the workarounds provided in Fortinet's upstream security notifications. Fortinet provides a public RSS feed for their security alerts to which customers can also subscribe [1].

[1] https://filestore.fortinet.com/fortiguard/rss/ir.xml

For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products and solutions, please contact the Siemens ProductCERT: https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories

HISTORY DATA

V1.0 (2025-05-13):	Publication Date
V1.1 (2025-07-08):	Added CVE-2025-24471, CVE-2025-22862, CVE-2024-50562 and CVE-2025-25250
V1.2 (2025-08-12):	Added CVE-2024-55599
V1.3 (2025-09-09):	Added CVE-2025-25248 and CVE-2025-53744

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