# Fortinet CVE-2025-61624: Admin-to-Root Flaw on CISA KEV

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## Article Metadata
- Title: Fortinet CVE-2025-61624: Admin-to-Root Flaw on CISA KEV
- Summary: Fortinet rates CVE-2025-61624 Medium (CVSS 6.0), but PEERSTITCH attackers used it for root. Fixed FortiOS, FortiProxy, FortiPAM builds and hunting steps.
- Published: Oct 27, 2026, 1:56 PM EDT
- Updated: Oct 27, 2026, 1:56 PM EDT
- Category: Exploits
- Primary topic: Cve 2025 61624
- Authors: Alex Kim
- Read time: 4 min
- Language: en_US
- Publication time zone: America/New_York (U.S. Eastern Time)
- Access: Free to read

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