CVE-2024-23113
Published 2024-02-15 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source psirt@fortinet.com
Summary
CVE-2024-23113 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Fortinet Multiple Products. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on October 9, 2024, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by October 30, 2024. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Fortinet has 32 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 14 of them linked to ransomware.
All 32 known-exploited Fortinet vulnerabilities →Description
A use of externally-controlled format string in Fortinet FortiOS versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.6, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13, FortiProxy versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.8, 7.0.0 through 7.0.14, FortiPAM versions 1.2.0, 1.1.0 through 1.1.2, 1.0.0 through 1.0.3, FortiSwitchManager versions 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially crafted packets.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Fortinet — Multiple Products
Name: Fortinet Multiple Products Format String Vulnerability
Date added: 2024-10-09 · Due: 2024-10-30
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.