Header injection in captive portal authentication form
FortiOS and FortiProxy captive portal authentication may allow an attacker who can intercept and modify an authentication request to inject arbitrary HTTP headers. FortiOS and FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.4 are fixed by upgrading to 7.6.5 or above; the 7.4 and 7.2 branches must migrate to a fixed release.
- Products
- FortiOS, FortiProxy
- Affected versions
- 7.2 all versions, 7.4 all versions, 7.6.0 through 7.6.4
- Fixed versions
- 7.6.5 or above, a fixed release
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-62826
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:21 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Header injection in captive portal authentication form
official-fortinet-psirt · Original sourcePublished 14 Jul 2026, 07:00 UTC
FortiOS and FortiProxy captive portal authentication may allow an attacker who can intercept and modify an authentication request to inject arbitrary HTTP headers. FortiOS and FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.4 are fixed by upgrading to 7.6.5 or above; the 7.4 and 7.2 branches must migrate to a fixed release.
An Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Response Splitting') vulnerability [CWE-113] in FortiOS and FortiProxy captive portal may allow an attacker able to intercept and modify a user's authentication request to inject arbitrary headers via crafted HTTP requests.
FortiOS
Fixed versions: 7.6.5 or above
FortiOS
Fixed versions: a fixed release
FortiOS
Fixed versions: a fixed release
FortiProxy
Fixed versions: 7.6.5 or above
FortiProxy
Fixed versions: a fixed release
FortiProxy
Fixed versions: a fixed release
Complete source record
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"url": "https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-153",
"method": "llm",
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"title": "Header injection in captive portal authentication form",
"summary": "FortiOS and FortiProxy captive portal authentication may allow an attacker who can intercept and modify an authentication request to inject arbitrary HTTP headers. FortiOS and FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.4 are fixed by upgrading to 7.6.5 or above; the 7.4 and 7.2 branches must migrate to a fixed release.",
"evidence": "An Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Response Splitting') vulnerability [CWE-113] in FortiOS and FortiProxy captive portal may allow an attacker able to intercept and modify a user's authentication request to inject arbitrary headers via crafted HTTP requests.",
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"evidence": "CVE ID CVE-2025-62826"
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