Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in FortiOS - CVE-2024-46666
Published: April 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU107376
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-46666
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling. A remote unauthenticated attacker can prevent access to the GUI via specially crafted requests directed at specific endpoints.
Affected software
FortiOS
How to mitigate CVE-2024-46666
Install update from vendor's website.
FortiOS - addressed in versions 7.4.5, 7.6.1