critical9.8Known exploited
CVE-2024-55591
Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2025-01-14. Federal due date: 2025-01-21.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Impact
An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] affecting FortiOS version 7.0.0 through 7.0.16 and FortiProxy version 7.0.0 through 7.0.19 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.12 allows a remote attacker to gain super-admin privileges via crafted requests to Node.js websocket module.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Fortinet | Fortiproxy | from 7.0.0 before 7.0.20 from 7.2.0 before 7.2.13 |
| Fortinet | Fortios | from 7.0.0 before 7.0.17 |