# CVE-2024-23112: Auth bypass in FortiOS

> An authenticated attacker can access other users' bookmarks via URL manipulation in FortiOS and FortiProxy SSL-VPN.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hhmq-2c6m-mgv4

## What is CVE-2024-23112?

CVE-2024-23112 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 12 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An authorization bypass through user-controlled key vulnerability [CWE-639] in FortiOS version 7.4.0 through 7.4.1, 7.2.0 through 7.2.6, 7.0.1 through 7.0.13, 6.4.7 through 6.4.14, and FortiProxy version 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.8, 7.0.0 through 7.0.14 SSL-VPN may allow an authenticated attacker to gain access to another user’s bookmark via URL manipulation.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23112?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Fortinet Fortios, Fortinet Fortiproxy.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-23112?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23112 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-23112 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Fortios

- [CVE-2024-23113](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23113/): Fortinet Multiple Products Format String (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-40684](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40684/): Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-55591](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55591/): Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-21762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21762/): Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-Bound Write (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-42475](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42475/): Fortinet FortiOS Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (critical 9.3, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-23112 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-23112 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 12 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortinet Fortios. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23112/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23112/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23112
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23112
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23112

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23112/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.