{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41028 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-41028 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-41028 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlient, published on 16 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-41028 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-41028 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlient, published on 16 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41028 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Fortinet Forticlient. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41028/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41028/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-41028","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41028/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-41028","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-2p93-h9hw-wqjg"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["security_bypass","data_read"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"FortiClient endpoint security","requires_auth":"none","summary":"An attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle attack on telemetry traffic due to hardcoded keys and improper certificate validation in FortiClient and EMS.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"hardcoded_credentials"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"fortinet","cpe":[{"product":"forticlient","vendor":"fortinet"},{"product":"forticlient_endpoint_management_server","vendor":"fortinet"}],"cvss":{"score":8.2,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:U/RC:C","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-798","name":"Use of Hard-coded Credentials"},{"id":"CWE-295","name":"Improper Certificate Validation"}],"description":"A combination of a use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability [CWE-321] in FortiClientEMS 7.0.1 and below, 6.4.6 and below and an improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-297] in FortiClientWindows, FortiClientLinux and FortiClientMac 7.0.1 and below, 6.4.6 and below may allow an unauthenticated and network adjacent attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack between the EMS and the FCT via the telemetry protocol.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in Fortinet FortiClientEMS, FortiClientWindows, FortiClientLinux, FortiClientMac","id":"CVE-2021-41028","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"fortinet:forticlient","products":["fortinet:forticlient"],"type":"hardcoded_credentials","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Fortinet FortiWLM","id":"CVE-2021-41029"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Memory corruption in Fortinet FortiWeb","id":"CVE-2021-41027"},"products":["Fortinet FortiClientEMS, FortiClientWindows, FortiClientLinux, FortiClientMac"],"published":"2021-12-16","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClientWindows","id":"CVE-2019-17658","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-03-12"},{"cvss_score":9.4,"headline":"Code injection in FortiClientLinux","id":"CVE-2023-45590","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-04-09"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Information disclosure in FortiClient SSLVPN Client for Linux","id":"CVE-2017-14184","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-12-15"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient","id":"CVE-2016-8493","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-06-26"},{"cvss_score":8.6,"headline":"Privilege escalation in FortiClientLinux","id":"CVE-2020-15934","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-12-19"},{"cvss_score":8.6,"headline":"Path traversal in FortiClientWindows","id":"CVE-2019-5589","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-05-28"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClientWindows","id":"CVE-2021-43066","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-05-11"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-10-25","vendors":["Fortinet"]},"summary":"An attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle attack on telemetry traffic due to hardcoded keys and improper certificate validation in FortiClient and EMS.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41028/"}