CVE-2021-24017

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Published Sep 30, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

An improper authentication in Fortinet FortiManager version 6.4.3 and below, 6.2.6 and below allows attacker to assign arbitrary Policy and Object modules via crafted requests to the request handler.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Fortinet

Fortinet FortiManager

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`FortiManager 6.4.3, 6.2.6`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-10937	An improper authentication in Fortinet FortiManager version 6.4.3 and below, 6.2.6 and below allows attacker to assign arbitrary Policy and Object modules via crafted requests to the request handler.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.554% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-189

History

Oct 25, 2024 2:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Fortinet Fortimanager

Weaknesses

CWE-287

Sources

CVE record Updated: Oct 25, 2024, 1:49 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: fortinet
Published: Sep 30, 2021, 3:21 PM
Updated: Oct 25, 2024, 1:49 PM
Reserved: Jan 13, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 7:14 PM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 7:14 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:39 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 30, 2021, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:39 AM

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