Core manufacturers

Fortinet, Zyxel, and a Cisco Secure Firewall watch lane

This page is grounded in the current research notes and official-source dataset, then organized into a cleaner public landing page. Fortinet still leads on urgency; Zyxel adds useful vendor breadth with official fixed-version guidance; Cisco Secure Firewall now has a source-quality watch page so the firewall category can expand without pretending Cisco coverage is deeper than it is.

VendorUpdateFixed version(s)PublishedSource
Zyxel
USG FLEX H / uOS
Zyxel USG FLEX H privilege escalation security update
Zyxel published a USG FLEX H firewall advisory covering incorrect permission assignment and improper privilege management issues that could let a local attacker escalate privileges; the vendor says patched uOS builds are available.
uOS V1.322025-04-22Official source ↗
Fortinet
FortiOS administrative interface
FG-IR-24-535 authentication bypass using alternate path/channel
Fortinet disclosed an authentication bypass that could allow a remote attacker to gain super-admin privileges via crafted requests to the Node.js websocket module or crafted CSF proxy requests; the vendor said it was being exploited in the wild.
FortiOS 7.0.17+2025-03-31Official source ↗
Fortinet
FortiOS SSL-VPN
FG-IR-24-015 SSL-VPN out-of-bounds write
Fortinet said an out-of-bounds write in FortiOS and FortiProxy could allow remote unauthenticated code execution via crafted HTTP requests and noted potential exploitation in the wild.
7.4.3+
7.2.7+
7.0.14+
6.4.15+
2025-01-15Official source ↗