Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-21762 — Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-Bound Write Vulnerability
CVE-2024-21762 · FortiProxy · CVSS 9.8 · KEV
In brief
- Severity · CVSS
- Critical9.8CVSS 3.1, Critical
- EPSS
- 83%
- CISA KEV
- Known exploited, listed since 9 Feb 2024
- CERT-FR
- No advisory or alert referenced in the catalog
- Vendor
- Fortinet
- Products
- FortiProxyFortiOS
- Published · Modified
- ·
- Last verified
Summary
A out-of-bounds write 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, 6.4.0 through 6.4.14, 6.2.0 through 6.2.15, 6.0.0 through 6.0.17, FortiProxy versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.8, 7.0.0 through 7.0.14, 2.0.0 through 2.0.13, 1.2.0 through 1.2.13, 1.1.0 through 1.1.6, 1.0.0 through 1.0.7 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specifically crafted requests
Weakness: CWE-787
Title, description and the vendor's statements are quoted from the CVE record; a vendor's advisory is summarised in Patcharo's words, with a link.
Affected and fixed versions
Per product and release branch, as the vendor's CVE record and official advisory state them. A fixed release is shown only when a document names it: the vendor's, or CERT-FR's for Check Point, with its source.
10 branches with a published fixed release · 3 branches to migrate
Fortinet FortiProxy
Source: FG-IR-24-015CVE-2024-21762
- 7.4Affected versions7.4.0 – 7.4.2First fixed release7.4.3
- 7.2Approaching end of supportAffected versions7.2.0 – 7.2.8First fixed release7.2.9
- 7.0End of lifeAffected versions7.0.0 – 7.0.14First fixed release7.0.15
- 2.0End of lifeAffected versions2.0.0 – 2.0.13First fixed release2.0.14
- 1.2End of lifeAffected versions1.2.0 – 1.2.13First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required
- 1.1End of lifeAffected versions1.1.0 – 1.1.6First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required
- 1.0End of lifeAffected versions1.0.0 – 1.0.7First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required
Releases the vendor does not list are not affected.
Fortinet FortiOS
Source: FG-IR-24-015CVE-2024-21762
- 7.4Affected versions7.4.0 – 7.4.2First fixed release7.4.3
- 7.2End of lifeAffected versions7.2.0 – 7.2.6First fixed release7.2.7
- 7.0End of lifeAffected versions7.0.0 – 7.0.13First fixed release7.0.14
- 6.4End of lifeAffected versions6.4.0 – 6.4.14First fixed release6.4.15
- 6.2End of lifeAffected versions6.2.0 – 6.2.15First fixed release6.2.16
- 6.0End of lifeAffected versions6.0.0 – 6.0.17First fixed release6.0.18
Releases the vendor does not list are not affected.
Remediation
Fix available
Vendor fix
- FortiProxy 7.47.4.3
- FortiProxy 7.27.2.9
- FortiProxy 7.07.0.15
- FortiProxy 2.02.0.14
- FortiOS 7.47.4.3
- FortiOS 7.27.2.7
- FortiOS 7.07.0.14
- FortiOS 6.46.4.15
- FortiOS 6.26.2.16
- FortiOS 6.06.0.18
Upgrade to a fixed release listed above for your branch, or to a later fixed release the vendor explicitly supports.
Branches without a fix of their own: migrate to a fixed release
- FortiProxy 1.2
- FortiProxy 1.1
- FortiProxy 1.0
Please upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.4.3 or above Please upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.2.9 or above Please upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.0.15 or above Please upgrade to FortiProxy version 2.0.14 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.6.0 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.3 or above Please
Full text
upgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.7 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.0.14 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 6.4.15 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 6.2.16 or above
SourceFortinet (CVE record)
SourceFortiGuard FG-IR-24-015
CISA KEV required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA due date:
SourceCISA KEV
Last verified 1 Oct 2026 at 12:17 UTC
Known exploitation
Added to CISA KEV on 9 Feb 2024
Federal remediation due date: 16 Feb 2024
Known use in ransomware campaigns
83% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 100%).
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CERT-FR
No CERT-FR advisory or alert of the last two years references this CVE, for the vendors Patcharo covers.
Timeline
- Added to CISA KEV
- Published by the source
- CISA remediation due date
- Source record last modified
- EPSS score computed
- Last verified by Patcharo
Official sources
- Fortinet (CVE record)retrieved 1 Oct 2026 at 12:17 UTC
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitiesretrieved 1 Oct 2026 at 12:17 UTC
- NVDretrieved 27 Sept 2026 at 23:44 UTC
- FIRST EPSSretrieved 27 Sept 2026 at 23:46 UTC
- FortiGuard FG-IR-24-015retrieved 1 Oct 2026 at 12:17 UTC
References
Fortinet · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities · NVD · FIRST EPSS · FortiGuard FG-IR-24-015
How Patcharo reads this
Affected and fixed releases come from the vendor's structured statements and are matched against exact versions; CVSS from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV and the vendor's own advisory, probability from FIRST EPSS. Missing data stays Unknown and never becomes Not affected.
Read the methodologyRead the guide: FortiOS version numbering: branches, patch releases and the Feature and Mature labels
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