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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV
2025-01-14
Remediation due
2025-01-21
Ransomware
Known use

Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA notes
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-535 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55591

Description

An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] affecting FortiOS version 7.0.0 through 7.0.16 and FortiProxy version 7.0.0 through 7.0.19 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.12 allows a remote attacker to gain super-admin privileges via crafted requests to Node.js websocket module.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CNA9.6 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC · CISA-ADP
Exploitationactive
Automatableyes
Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

VendorProductAffected versions
FortinetFortiOS
7.0.0 to 7.0.16
FortinetFortiProxy
7.2.0 to 7.2.12
7.0.0 to 7.0.19

References

1 Links

Record Details

Published
2025-01-14
Last updated
2026-08-05
Assigner (CNA)
fortinet
Credited to
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