CVE-2024-40591

CVSS 8 HIGHEPSS 0.6%CWE-266

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 8EPSS 0.6%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

11 Feb 2025Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability [CWE-266] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.6.0, 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, 7.2.0 through 7.2.9 and before 7.0.15 allows an authenticated admin whose access profile has the Security Fabric permission to escalate their privileges to super-admin by connecting the targetted FortiGate to a malicious upstream FortiGate they control.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

Affected products

Fortinet · FortiOS

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References

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-302