Fortinet warns admins to patch critical auth bypass bug immediately
Fortinet has warned administrators to update FortiGate firewalls, FortiProxy web proxies, and FortiSwitch Manager (FSWM) on-premise management platforms to the latest versions, which address a critical severity vulnerability. The security flaw (tracked as CVE-2022-40684) is an authentication bypass on the administrative interface that could allow remote threat actors to log into unpatched devices. “An authentication bypass using an…