CVE-2024-40591
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2024
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
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.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
FortiOS
- Vendor
- Fortinet
- Product
- FortiOS
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6.0 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 7.4.0 | affected | semver | Unavailable | 7.4.4 | None listed |
| 7.2.0 | affected | semver | Unavailable | 7.2.9 | None listed |
| 7.0.0 | affected | semver | Unavailable | 7.0.15 | None listed |
| 6.4.0 | affected | semver | Unavailable | 6.4.15 | None listed |