OS Command Injection in Fortinet, Inc products - CVE-2024-40584

 

OS Command Injection in Fortinet, Inc products - CVE-2024-40584

Published: April 9, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU107312
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40584
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in external connector. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.


Affected software

FortiManager
FortiAnalyzer
FortiAnalyzer-BigData
FortiAnalyzer Cloud

How to mitigate CVE-2024-40584

Install updates from vendor's website.

FortiManager - addressed in versions 7.2.6, 7.4.4
FortiAnalyzer - addressed in versions 7.2.6, 7.4.4
FortiAnalyzer Cloud - addressed in versions 7.2.6, 7.4.4
FortiAnalyzer-BigData - addressed in versions 7.2.8, 7.4.1

External References

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