FortiOS & FortiProxy - Lack of certificate verification when establishing secure connections with threat feed fabric connectors

An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiOS and FortiProxy may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack on the communication channel between the FortiOS/FortiProxy device and remote servers hosting threat feeds (when the latter are configured as Fabric connectors in FortiOS/FortiProxy)

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