# CVE-2024-27785: Code injection in FortiAIOps

> Remote authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary commands on client workstations via poisoned CSV reports in FortiAIOps.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:U/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 9 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5jfq-q2rx-7pxg

## What is CVE-2024-27785?

CVE-2024-27785 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Fortinet FortiAIOps, published on 9 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

An improper neutralization of formula elements in a CSV File [CWE-1236] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiAIOps 2.0.0 may allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a client's workstation via poisoned CSV reports.

Weakness: CWE-1236 (Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27785?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fortinet Fortiaiops.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-27785?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27785 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-27785 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27785 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiAIOps

- [CVE-2024-27784](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27784/): Information disclosure in FortiAIOps (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2024-27782](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27782/): Auth bypass in FortiAIOps (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2024-27783](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27783/): Cross-site request forgery in FortiAIOps (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-27785 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-27785 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Fortinet FortiAIOps, published on 9 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27785 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortinet FortiAIOps. 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-2024-27785/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27785/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27785
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27785
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27785

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27785/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.