# CVE-2024-31489: AAn improper certificate validation vulnerability \[CWE-295\] in FortiClientWindows 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, 7.0.0 through 7.0.11, FortiClientLin

- Severity: CVSS 6.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-10 · Updated: 2024-09-10

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiClientMac: from 7.2.0, through 7.2.4; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.11
- Fortinet FortiClientEMS: from 7.0.0, through 7.0.13
- Fortinet FortiClientLinux: from 7.0.0, through 7.0.11
- Fortinet FortiClientWindows: from 7.2.0, through 7.2.2; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.11

## Description

AAn improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiClientWindows 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, 7.0.0 through 7.0.11, FortiClientLinux 7.2.0, 7.0.0 through 7.0.11 and FortiClientMac 7.0.0 through 7.0.11, 7.2.0 through 7.2.4 may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack on the communication channel between the FortiGate and the FortiClient during the ZTNA tunnel creation

## 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-22-282

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