# CVE-2024-36510: Information disclosure in FortiClientEMS

> Unauthenticated attackers can enumerate valid users by observing response discrepancies in login requests for FortiClientEMS and FortiSOAR.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:X/RC:X`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g58r-fcx4-mv8r

## What is CVE-2024-36510?

CVE-2024-36510 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS, published on 14 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An observable response discrepancy vulnerability [CWE-204] in FortiClientEMS 7.4.0, 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, 7.0 all versions, and FortiSOAR 7.5.0, 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, 7.3.0 through 7.3.2, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions may allow an unauthenticated attacker to enumerate valid users via observing login request responses.

Weakness: CWE-203 (Observable Discrepancy), CWE-204 (Observable Response Discrepancy)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36510?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Fortinet Forticlientems, Fortinet Fortisoar.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-36510?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-36510 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-36510 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36510 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiClientEMS

- [CVE-2026-35616](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-35616/): Fortinet FortiClient EMS Improper Access Control (critical 9.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-21643](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-21643/): Fortinet FortiClient EMS SQL Injection (critical 9.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-23106](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23106/): Auth bypass in FortiClientEMS (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2025-59922](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59922/): SQL injection in FortiClientEMS (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2026-59836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-59836/): Security feature bypass in FortiClientEMS (medium 6.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-36510 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-36510 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS, published on 14 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36510 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortinet FortiClientEMS. 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-2024-36510/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36510/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36510
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36510
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-36510

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36510/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.