# CVE-2024-26008: An improper check or handling of exceptional conditions vulnerability \[CWE-703\] in FortiOS version 7.4.0 through 7.4.3 and before 7.2.7, For

- Severity: CVSS 5.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-14 · Updated: 2026-01-14

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiProxy: from 7.4.0, through 7.4.3; from 7.2.0, through 7.2.9; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.22; from 2.0.0, through 2.0.14; from 1.2.0, through 1.2.13
- Fortinet FortiPAM: from 1.1.0, through 1.1.2; from 1.0.0, through 1.0.3
- Fortinet FortiOS: from 7.4.0, through 7.4.3; from 7.2.0, through 7.2.7; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.18; from 6.4.0, through 6.4.16; from 6.2.0, through 6.2.17
- Fortinet FortiSwitchManager: from 7.2.0, through 7.2.3; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.3

## Description

An improper check or handling of exceptional conditions vulnerability [CWE-703] in FortiOS version 7.4.0 through 7.4.3 and before 7.2.7, FortiProxy version 7.4.0 through 7.4.3 and before 7.2.9, FortiPAM before 1.2.0 and FortiSwitchManager version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 and version 7.0.0 through 7.0.3 fgfm daemon may allow an unauthenticated attacker to repeatedly reset the fgfm connection via crafted SSL encrypted TCP requests.

## 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-24-041

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