CVE-2022-41333 Denial of service in FortiRecorder

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can cause denial of service on FortiRecorder devices via crafted GET requests exploiting uncontrolled resource consumption.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-41333?

CVE-2022-41333 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fortinet FortiRecorder, published on 7 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability [CWE-400] in FortiRecorder version 6.4.3 and below, 6.0.11 and below login authentication mechanism may allow an unauthenticated attacker to make the device unavailable via crafted GET requests.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41333?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortirecorder Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2022-41333?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41333 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-41333 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41333 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j4xg-w995-95xh.

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