A stack-based buffer overflow in Fortinet FortiPAM version 1.2.0, 1.1.0 through 1.1.2, 1.0.0 through 1.0.3, FortiWeb, FortiAuthenticator, Fo
A stack-based buffer overflow in Fortinet FortiPAM version 1.2.0, 1.1.0 through 1.1.2, 1.0.0 through 1.0.3, FortiWeb, FortiAuthenticator, FortiSwitchManager version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.1 through 7.0.3, FortiOS version 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.0 through 7.2.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.14, 6.4.0 through 6.4.15, 6.2.0 through 6.2.16, 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, FortiProxy version 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.9, 7.0.0 through 7.0.15, 2.0.0 through 2.0.13, 1.2.0 through 1.2.13, 1.1.0 through 1.1.6, 1.0.0 through 1.0.7 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially crafted packets.
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- Jun 11, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.8% · 54th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-121
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Report tools
Action score
30
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.8%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 7.5
- CNA · fortinet
- 6.7
- 0.8 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:W/RC:C
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| fortinet | fortios | cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios |
| fortinet | fortipam | cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortipam |
| fortinet | fortiproxy | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy |
| fortinet | fortiswitchmanager | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiswitchmanager |
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Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- fortinet fortios6.0.0 and later · before 7.0.15
- fortinet fortios7.2.0 and later · before 7.2.8
- fortinet fortios7.4.0 and later · before 7.4.4
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (fortinet). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Fortinet FortiOS
- 7.4.0 and later · up to and including 7.4.3affected · semver
- 7.2.0 and later · up to and including 7.2.7affected · semver
- 7.0.0 and later · up to and including 7.0.14affected · semver
- 6.4.0 and later · up to and including 6.4.15affected · semver
- 6.2.0 and later · up to and including 6.2.16affected · semver
- 6.0.0 and later · up to and including 6.0.18affected · semver
Fortinet FortiPAM
- 1.2.0affected
- 1.1.0 and later · up to and including 1.1.2affected · semver
- 1.0.0 and later · up to and including 1.0.3affected · semver
Fortinet FortiProxy
- 7.4.0 and later · up to and including 7.4.2affected · semver
- 7.2.0 and later · up to and including 7.2.9affected · semver
- 7.0.0 and later · up to and including 7.0.15affected · semver
- 2.0.0 and later · up to and including 2.0.13affected · semver
- 1.2.0 and later · up to and including 1.2.13affected · semver
- 1.1.0 and later · up to and including 1.1.6affected · semver
- 1.0.0 and later · up to and including 1.0.7affected · semver
Fortinet FortiSwitchManager
- 7.2.0 and later · up to and including 7.2.3affected · semver
- 7.0.1 and later · up to and including 7.0.3affected · semver
Same product
fortinet: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-42475A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability [CWE-122] in FortiOS SSL-VPN 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, 7.0.0 through 7.0.8, 6.4.0 through 6.4.10, 6.2.KEV99Now
- CVE-2020-12812An improper authentication vulnerability in SSL VPN in FortiOS 6.4.0, 6.2.0 to 6.2.3, 6.0.9 and below may result in a user being able to logKEV84Now
- CVE-2025-25249A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.1KEV70This week
- CVE-2025-68686An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability [CWE-200] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1,KEV62This week
- CVE-2019-5591A Default Configuration vulnerability in FortiOS may allow an unauthenticated attacker on the same subnet to intercept sensitive informationKEV62This week
- CVE-2022-41328A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory vulnerability ('path traversal') [CWE-22] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 thKEV61This week
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2020-12820191 days apartUnder non-default configuration, a stack-based buffer overflow in FortiOS version 6.0.10 and below, version 5.6.12 and below may allow a rem35Monitor
- CVE-2024-35279245 days apartA stack-based buffer overflow [CWE-121] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.4 through 7.2.8 and version 7.4.0 through 7.4.4 allows32Monitor
- CVE-2023-467200 days apartA stack-based buffer overflow in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.4.0 through 7.4.1 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.7 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.12 and 6.4.6 thr31Monitor
- CVE-2024-231100 days apartA stack-based buffer overflow in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.6, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13, 6.4.0 through 6.4.31Monitor
- CVE-2023-46718490 days apartA stack-based buffer overflow in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.4.0 through 7.4.1 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.7 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.12 and 6.4.6 thr31Monitor
- CVE-2025-58413525 days apartA stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, 30Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer OverflowCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.