Latest Fortinet vulnerabilities
Fortinet has issued advisories for its FortiAnalyzer, FortiAnalyzer-BigData, FortiManager, and FortiOS products.
- CVE-2023-50176 detailed in FG-IR-23-475 is rated high with a CVSS score of 7.1, and may allow an unauthenticated attacker to hijack a user session.
- CVE-2024-23666 detailed in FG-IR-23-396 is rated high with a CVSS score of 7.1 and may allow an authenticated, read-only user the ability to execute “sensitive operations”.
What is the impact?
CVE-2024-23666, which affects FortiAnalyzer and FortiManager products, requires that an attacker (or malicious user) is authenticated against the system. A read-only user can potentially execute sensitive operations through crafted requests, bypassing client-side enforcement through the web interface. CVE-2023-50176, which affects the SSLVPN component of FortiOS, is a session fixation vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker the ability to hijack an authenticated user’s session via a “phishing SAML authentication link”.
Are updates or workarounds available?
The vendor has released patches for all affected products. They recommend following the upgrade path using their upgrade tool.
How to find potentially vulnerable systems with runZero
From the Asset Inventory, use the following query to locate systems running potentially vulnerable software:
hw:FortiManager OR hw:FortiAnalyzer OR os:FortiOSMarch 2024
On March 12th, 2024, Fortinet disclosed several vulnerabilities in their FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiClient products:
FG-IR-23-328 – a buffer overflow vulnerability in the handling of form-based authentication in the FortiOS and FortiProxy captive portals, allowing remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability has been assigned CVEs CVE-2023-42789 and CVE-2023-42790. These vulnerabilities have a CVSS score of 9.3, indicating that they are critical.
FG-IR-24-007 – a SQL injection vulnerability in the FortiClient Enterprise Management Server. This vulnerability has been designated CVE-2023-48788, and has been given a CVSS score of 9.8 (critical).
FG-IR-23-390 – a log injection vulnerability in the FortiClient Enterprise Management Server. This vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2023-47534 and a CVSS score of 7.7 (high).
FG-IR-23-103 – a remote code execution vulnerability in the FortiManager product. This vulnerability has been designated CVE-2023-36554 with a CVSS score of 7.7 (high). Note that the vulnerable subsystem is not installed by default.
FG-IR-23-013 – an information disclosure vulnerability in the FortiGuard SSL-VPN product. This vulnerability has been designated CVE-2024-23112 and given a CVSS score of 7.2 (high).
How to find FortiOS, FortiProxy or FortiClient operating systems
From the Asset Inventory, use the following query to locate assets running the FortiOS or FortiProxy operating systems, which may be vulnerable:
os:"FortiOS" OR os:"FortiProxy"Additionally, from the Services Inventory, use the following query to locate potentially vulnerable systems:
html.title:="FortiClient Endpoint Management Server"CVE-2024-21762 (February 2024)
On February 8th, 2024, Fortinet disclosed a serious vulnerability in their FortiOS operating system, used by multiple Fortinet products.
The issue, CVE-2024-21762, allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable devices. The vendor has indicated that this is a critical vulnerability. The vendor reports that there are indications that this vulnerability may be actively exploited in the wild. Upon successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities, attackers could execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.
Fortinet released an update to mitigate this issue and all users were urged to update immediately. Additionally, the vendor indicated that disabling the SSL-VPN functionality of the device would mitigate the issue.
How to find FortiOS devices
From the Asset Inventory, use the following query to locate assets running the FortiOS operating system which may potentially be vulnerable:
os:"FortiOS" AND tcp:443
CVE-2022-40684 (October 2022)
News surfaced in October 2022 of a critical authentication bypass vulnerability present in the web administration interface of some Fortinet products. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2022-40684) via crafted HTTP and HTTPS requests could provide remote attackers with admin-level command execution on vulnerable FortiOS devices including FortiGate firewalls, FortiProxy web proxies, and FortiSwitchManager assets.
With a CVSS critical score of 9.6, attackers running admin-level commands on compromised assets may have had the ability to persist presence, explore connected internal networks, and exfiltrate data. At the time Fortinet was aware of at least one exploit of this vulnerability in the wild, and Bleeping Computer offered a Shodan search showing more than 140k publicly accessible FortiGate devices potentially running vulnerable FortiOS. Additionally, security researchers with Horizon3.ai planned on publishing an exploit PoC. For admins wanting to check if a FortiOS/FortiProxy/FortiSwitchManager asset had been exploited, Fortinet provides an indicator of compromise (see the “Exploitation Status” section).
Fortinet called out the vulnerable FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager versions in their advisory and had made updates available for affected products. Admins were advised to ensure that affected models were updated to the latest version as soon as possible. If updates could not be completed in the near term, Fortinet provided some mitigation steps (see the “Workaround” section) that could be taken to secure vulnerable assets.
How to find FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager assets
From the Asset Inventory, runZero users entered the following pre-built query to locate FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager assets:
os:FortiOS or product:FortiProxy or product:FortiSwitchManager
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