CVE-2021-41022 Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiSIEMWindowsAgent

What is CVE-2021-41022?

CVE-2021-41022 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSIEMWindowsAgent, published on 2 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A improper privilege management in Fortinet FortiSIEM Windows Agent version 4.1.4 and below allows attacker to execute privileged code or commands via powershell scripts

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-41022?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortisiem.

How do I fix CVE-2021-41022?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-41022 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-41022 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41022 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiSIEMWindowsAgent

• CVE-2025-25256 Command injection in FortiSIEM Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16153 Hardcoded credentials in Fortinet FortiSIEM Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-40714 Path traversal in FortiSIEM Critical 9.7
• CVE-2024-23108 Command injection in FortiSIEM Critical 9.7
• CVE-2024-23109 Command injection in FortiSIEM Critical 9.7

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6v99-v9qx-m2mr.