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CVE-2024-55591

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CVE-2024-55591

Published: Jan 14, 2025

Modified: Feb 26, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

9.6

CRITICAL

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.

VendorProductVersions

Fortinet

FortiOS

affected
7.0.0 - <= 7.0.16

Fortinet

FortiProxy

affected
7.2.0 - <= 7.2.12
affected
7.0.0 - <= 7.0.19

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:W/RC:C

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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