Relative path traversal in Fortinet, Inc products - CVE-2024-40588

 

Relative path traversal in Fortinet, Inc products - CVE-2024-40588

Published: August 12, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU113959
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40588
CWE-ID:
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to relative path traversal in CLI. A privileged attacker can read files from the underlying filesystem via crafted CLI requests.


Affected software

FortiCamera
FortiVoice
FortiRecorder
FortiMail
FortiNDR

How to mitigate CVE-2024-40588

Install update from vendor's website.

FortiCamera - addressed in versions 2.0.1, 2.2.0
FortiVoice - addressed in versions 6.4.10, 7.0.5
FortiRecorder - addressed in versions 7.0.5, 7.2.2
FortiMail - addressed in versions 7.4.4, 7.6.2
FortiNDR - addressed in versions 7.4.7, 7.6.1

External References

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