CVE-2024-36505 Security feature bypass in FortiOS

What is CVE-2024-36505?

CVE-2024-36505 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 13 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.5 through 7.2.7, 7.0.12 through 7.0.14 and 6.4.x may allow an attacker who has already successfully obtained write access to the underlying system (via another hypothetical exploit) to bypass the file integrity checking system.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36505?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortios.

How do I fix CVE-2024-36505?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-36505 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-36505 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36505 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Fortios

• CVE-2024-23113 Fortinet Multiple Products Format String Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-40684 Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-55591 Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2024-21762 Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-Bound Write Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-42475 Fortinet FortiOS Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.3

All Fortinet Fortios vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-44gw-49w9-fmfr.