# CVE-2024-23671: Path traversal in FortiSandbox

> Attackers can execute unauthorized code via crafted HTTP requests exploiting a path traversal flaw in FortiSandbox.

- **Severity:** High 7.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 14 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p8w6-cvmc-rg5g

## What is CVE-2024-23671?

CVE-2024-23671 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet Fortisandbox, published on 9 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSandbox 4.4.0 through 4.4.3, FortiSandbox 4.2.1 through 4.2.6, FortiSandbox 4.0.0 through 4.0.4 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via crafted HTTP requests.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23671?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fortinet Fortisandbox.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-23671?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23671 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-23671 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-23671 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Fortisandbox

- [CVE-2026-25089](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-25089/): Fortinet FortiSandbox OS Command Injection (critical 9.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-39808](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39808/): Fortinet FortiSandbox OS Command Injection (critical 9.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-26083](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26083/): Missing authorization in FortiSandbox (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-39813](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39813/): Path traversal in FortiSandbox (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-29011](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-29011/): SQL injection in Fortinet FortiSandbox (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-23671 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-23671 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet Fortisandbox, published on 9 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-23671 exists.

Affected product: Fortinet Fortisandbox. 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-2024-23671/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23671/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23671
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23671
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23671

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23671/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.