# CVE-2024-21754: A use of password hash with insufficient computational effort vulnerability \[CWE-916\] affecting FortiOS version 7.4.3 and below, 7.2 all ver

- Severity: CVSS 1.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:X/RC:R
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2024-06-11 · Updated: 2025-08-27

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiProxy: from 7.4.0, through 7.4.2; from 7.2.0, through 7.2.10; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.17; from 2.0.0, through 2.0.14
- Fortinet FortiOS: from 7.4.0, through 7.4.3; from 7.2.0, through 7.2.8; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.15; from 6.4.0, through 6.4.15

## Description

A use of password hash with insufficient computational effort vulnerability [CWE-916] affecting FortiOS version 7.4.3 and below, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions and FortiProxy version 7.4.2 and below, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 2.0 all versions may allow a privileged attacker with super-admin profile and CLI access to decrypting the backup file.

## 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.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-423
- https://github.com/CyberSecuritist/CVE-2024-21754-Forti-RCE

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