CVE-2024-48886

published 2025-01-14

CVE-2024-48886: A weak authentication in Fortinet FortiOS versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, 7.2.0 through 7.2.8, 7.0.0 through 7.0.15, 6.4.0 through 6.4.15, FortiProxy versions…

Priority P2 59 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

A weak authentication in Fortinet FortiOS versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, 7.2.0 through 7.2.8, 7.0.0 through 7.0.15, 6.4.0 through 6.4.15, FortiProxy versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, 7.0.0 through 7.0.17, 2.0.0 through 2.0.14, FortiManager versions 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiManager Cloud versions 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiAnalyzer Cloud versions 7.4.1 through 7.4.3 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via a brute-force attack.

Affected

29 ranges · showing 25

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
fortinet	fortianalyzer	—	—
fortinet	fortianalyzer	>= 7.4.1 < 7.4.4	7.4.4
fortinet	fortianalyzer	>= 7.6.0 < 7.6.2	7.6.2
fortinet	fortianalyzer_cloud	>= 7.4.1 < 7.4.4	7.4.4
fortinet	fortianalyzercloud	—	—
fortinet	fortimanager	—	—
fortinet	fortimanager	>= 7.4.1 < 7.4.4	7.4.4
fortinet	fortimanager	>= 7.6.0 < 7.6.2	7.6.2
fortinet	fortimanager_cloud	>= 7.4.1 < 7.4.4	7.4.4
fortinet	fortimanagercloud	—	—
fortinet	fortinet	—	—
fortinet	fortios	—	—
fortinet	fortios	>= 6.4.0 < 7.0.16	7.0.16
fortinet	fortios	6.4.0 – 6.4.15	—
fortinet	fortios	7.0.0 – 7.0.15	—
fortinet	fortios	>= 7.2.0 < 7.2.9	7.2.9
fortinet	fortios	7.2.0 – 7.2.8	—
fortinet	fortios	>= 7.4.0 < 7.4.5	7.4.5
fortinet	fortios	7.4.0 – 7.4.4	—
fortinet	fortiproxy	—	—
fortinet	fortiproxy	>= 2.0.0 < 2.0.15	2.0.15
fortinet	fortiproxy	2.0.0 – 2.0.14	—
fortinet	fortiproxy	>= 7.0.0 < 7.0.18	7.0.18
fortinet	fortiproxy	7.0.0 – 7.0.17	—
fortinet	fortiproxy	>= 7.2.0 < 7.2.11	7.2.11

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

• → The vulnerability resides in the 'csfd' daemon; monitor for anomalous activity or repeated authentication attempts targeting this process on affected Fortinet products. ↗
• → Detect brute-force authentication attempts against affected Fortinet devices (FortiOS, FortiProxy, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer); high volumes of failed authentication events followed by a success should be treated as a compromise indicator. ↗

• · Affected FortiOS versions are 7.4.0–7.4.4, 7.2.0–7.2.8, 7.0.0–7.0.15, and 6.4.0–6.4.15; upgrade beyond these ranges to remediate. ↗
• · Affected FortiProxy versions are 7.4.0–7.4.4, 7.2.0–7.2.10, 7.0.0–7.0.17, and 2.0.0–2.0.14; upgrade beyond these ranges to remediate. ↗
• · Affected FortiManager and FortiManager Cloud versions are 7.6.0–7.6.1 and 7.4.1–7.4.3; upgrade beyond these ranges to remediate. ↗
• · Affected FortiAnalyzer and FortiAnalyzer Cloud versions are 7.6.0–7.6.1 and 7.4.1–7.4.3; upgrade beyond these ranges to remediate. ↗
• · This vulnerability is classified as CWE-1390 (Weak Authentication) with a critical CVSS score of 9.0, indicating the authentication weakness in the csfd daemon can be exploited remotely without prior privileges. ↗

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