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CVE-2024-40591 — An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability [CWE-266] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.6.0, 7.4.0 through 7.…

CVE-2024-40591 · FortiOS · CVSS 7.2

In brief

Severity · CVSS
High7.2CVSS 3.1, High
EPSS
0.62%
CISA KEV
Not listed
Vendor
Fortinet
Products
FortiOS
Published · Modified
·
Last verified

Summary

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability [CWE-266] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.6.0, 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, 7.2.0 through 7.2.9 and before 7.0.15 allows an authenticated admin whose access profile has the Security Fabric permission to escalate their privileges to super-admin by connecting the targetted FortiGate to a malicious upstream FortiGate they control.

Weakness: CWE-266

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.

4 branches with a published fixed release · 1 branch to migrate

Fortinet FortiOS

Source: FG-IR-24-302CVE-2024-40591

  1. 7.6
    Affected versions7.6.0
    First fixed release7.6.1
  2. 7.4
    Affected versions7.4.0 – 7.4.4
    First fixed release7.4.5
  3. 7.2End of life
    Affected versions7.2.0 – 7.2.9
    First fixed release7.2.10
  4. 7.0End of life
    Affected versions7.0.0 – 7.0.15
    First fixed release7.0.16
  5. 6.4End of life
    Affected versions6.4.0 – 6.4.15
    First fixed releaseMigration to a fixed release required

Releases the vendor does not list are not affected.

Remediation

Fix available

Vendor fix

  • FortiOS 7.67.6.1
  • FortiOS 7.47.4.5
  • FortiOS 7.27.2.10
  • FortiOS 7.07.0.16

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

  • FortiOS 6.4

Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.6.1 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.5 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.10 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.0.16 or above

SourceFortinet (CVE record)

SourceFortiGuard FG-IR-24-302

CERT-FR recommendation

Refer to the vendor's security bulletin to obtain patches (see Documentation section).

SourceCERTFR-2025-AVI-0120

Last verified 1 Oct 2026 at 09:33 UTC

Known exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV as of the last check.

0.62% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 48%).

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CERT-FR

1 document of the French national CERT (ANSSI) references this CVE.

Advisory (AVI)CERTFR-2025-AVI-0120Published 12 Feb 2025

Multiple vulnerabilities in Fortinet products

Remote cross-site scripting (XSS)Remote arbitrary code executionData integrity breachSecurity policy bypassData confidentiality breachPrivilege escalation

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Fortinet products. Some of them allow an attacker to cause remote arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, and a data confidentiality breach.

Recommendation

Refer to the vendor's security bulletin to obtain patches (see Documentation section).

Official document on cert.ssi.gouv.frread by Patcharo 28 Sept 2026 at 20:04 UTCMachine translation of the French text published by CERT-FR; a text whose translation did not pass Patcharo's checks stays in French. Identifiers, versions and links are copied unchanged.

Timeline

  1. Published by the source
  2. Source record last modified
  3. EPSS score computed
  4. Last verified by Patcharo

Official sources

References

Fortinet · NVD · FIRST EPSS · FortiGuard FG-IR-24-302

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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