CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-50570

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Dec 18, 2024 | Modified: Jul 24, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability [CWE-312] in FortiClientWindows 7.4.0 through 7.4.1, 7.2.0 through 7.2.6, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13 and FortiClientLinux 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13 may permit a local authenticated user to retrieve VPN password via memory dump, due to JavaScripts garbage collector

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Forticlient Fortinet 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.14 (excluding)
Forticlient Fortinet 7.0.0 (including) 7.2.8 (excluding)
Forticlient Fortinet 7.2.0 (including) 7.2.7 (excluding)
Forticlient Fortinet 7.4.0 (including) 7.4.2 (excluding)
Forticlient Fortinet 7.4.0 (including) 7.4.3 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References