CVE-2024-40591

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 v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-302	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.6.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-02-11 17:15

Updated : 2025-07-17 20:12

NVD link : CVE-2024-40591

Mitre link : CVE-2024-40591

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-40591

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fortinet

fortios

CWE

CWE-266

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

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