# CVE-2024-32122: Information disclosure in FortiOS

> Attackers can disclose passwords by modifying the LDAP server IP to a malicious server due to recoverable password storage in FortiOS.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:W/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-79gc-w327-w4f2

## What is CVE-2024-32122?

CVE-2024-32122 is a low-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 8 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A storing passwords in a recoverable format in Fortinet FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, FortiOS 7.2 all versions, FortiOS 7.0 all versions, FortiOS 6.4 all versions allows attacker to information disclosure via modification of LDAP server IP to point to a malicious server.

Weakness: CWE-257 (Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-32122?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fortinet Fortios.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-32122?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-32122 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-32122 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32122 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-2024-32122 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-32122 is a low-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 8 Apr 2025. 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-2024-32122 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-2024-32122/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32122/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-32122
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32122
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-32122

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32122/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.