# CVE-2024-50570: A Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability \[CWE-312\] in FortiClientWindows 7.4.0 through 7.4.1, 7.2.0 through 7.2.6, 7.0.0 t

- Severity: CVSS 4.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:X/RC:X
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-12-18 · Updated: 2025-08-27

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiClientMac: from 7.4.0, through 7.4.2; from 7.2.0, through 7.2.7; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.14
- Fortinet FortiClientLinux: from 7.4.0, through 7.4.2; from 7.2.0, through 7.2.7; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.13
- Fortinet FortiClientWindows: from 7.2.0, through 7.2.5; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.13

## Description

A Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability [CWE-312] in FortiClientWindows 7.4.0 through 7.4.1, 7.2.0 through 7.2.6, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13 and FortiClientLinux 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13 may permit a local authenticated user to retrieve VPN password via memory dump, due to JavaScript's garbage collector

## What to do

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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-23-278

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