Relative path traversal in Fortinet, Inc products - CVE-2024-40588
Published: August 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113959
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40588
CWE-ID:
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fortinet, Inc
Affected software:
FortiCamera
FortiMail
FortiNDR
FortiRecorder
FortiVoice
FortiCamera
FortiMail
FortiNDR
FortiRecorder
FortiVoice
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-40588
Install update from vendor's website.