CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-40591

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Published: Feb 11, 2025 | Modified: Jul 17, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.2
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability [CWE-266] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.6.0, 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, 7.2.0 through 7.2.9 and before 7.0.15 allows an authenticated admin whose access profile has the Security Fabric permission to escalate their privileges to super-admin by connecting the targetted FortiGate to a malicious upstream FortiGate they control.

Weakness

A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Fortios Fortinet 6.4.0 (including) 6.4.16 (excluding)
Fortios Fortinet 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.16 (excluding)
Fortios Fortinet 7.2.0 (including) 7.2.10 (excluding)
Fortios Fortinet 7.4.0 (including) 7.4.5 (excluding)
Fortios Fortinet 7.6.0 (including) 7.6.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References