The flaw has a critical severity rating with a CVSS score of 9.6 and allows a remote unauthenticated actor to execute arbitrary commands by specially crafted HTTP requests.

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Fortinet urges immediate patching of a critical N-day vulnerability that is being exploited by nation-state actors for remote code execution attacks. The vulnerability affects Fortinet's operating system FortiOS and specifically targets SSL VPN service.

Fortinet urges patching N-day bug amid ongoing nation-state exploitation