CVE-2024-21762

CRITICALCVSS 9.8Known Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-015 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21762

Remediation deadline: February 16, 2024

Ransomware use: Known

Description

Fortinet FortiOS contains an out-of-bound write vulnerability that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute code or commands via specially crafted HTTP requests.

Timeline

Published:February 9th, 2024 9:15 AM

Last modified:August 4th, 2026 5:16 AM

Added to KEV:February 9th, 2024

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

fortinet

Products

fortiproxyfortios

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-015Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-015Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-21762US Government Resource

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute