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Header injection in captive portal authentication form

Type: patchSources: Fortinet PSIRT

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 source

Published 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",
  "payload": {
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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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