CyberCVE

CVE-2024-52965

A missing critical step in authentication vulnerability [CWE-304] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.0 through 7.4.5, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, and before 7.0.16 & FortiProxy version 7.6

Severity
Medium 6.8
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.003
16.5th percentile
Discovered by
Not disclosed
Published
Jul 8, 2025
Assigned by fortinet

Description

A missing critical step in authentication vulnerability [CWE-304] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.0 through 7.4.5, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, and before 7.0.16 & FortiProxy version 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, 7.2.0 through 7.2.13 and before 7.0.20 allows an API-user using api-key + PKI user certificate authentication to login even if the certificate is invalid.

Weakness: CWE-304

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Fortinet FortiOS Firewall / NGFW cna-assigner
Fortinet FortiProxy SASE / SSE / Secure Web cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (2)
  • Fortinet · FortiOS
  • Fortinet · FortiProxy

Vendor remediation

Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.6.3 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.6 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.11 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.0.17 or above Please upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.6.2 or above Please upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.4.9 or above Please upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.2.14 or above Please upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.0.21 or above

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