# CVE-2021-44172: An exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor vulnerability \[CWE-200\] in FortiClientEMS versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, 7.0.6

- Severity: CVSS 3.6 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:U
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-09-13 · Updated: 2024-09-24

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiClientEMS: from 7.0.6, through 7.0.7; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.4; from 6.4.7, through 6.4.9; from 6.4.0, through 6.4.4; from 6.2.6, through 6.2.9; from 6.2.0, through 6.2.4

## Description

An exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor vulnerability [CWE-200] in FortiClientEMS versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, 7.0.6 through 7.0.7, in all 6.4 and 6.2 version management interface may allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain information on environment variables such as the EMS installation path.

## 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.
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## Related

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

## References

- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-244

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