CVE-2024-40585 Information disclosure in FortiAnalyzer
Low-privileged users can retrieve certificate private keys and encrypted passwords from event logs in FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-40585?
CVE-2024-40585 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortianalyzer, published on 14 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An insertion of sensitive information into log file vulnerabilities [CWE-532] in FortiManager version 7.4.0, version 7.2.3 and below, version 7.0.8 and below, version 6.4.12 and below, version 6.2.11 and below and FortiAnalyzer version 7.4.0, version 7.2.3 and below, version 7.0.8 and below, version 6.4.12 and below, version 6.2.11 and below eventlog may allow any low privileged user with access to event log section to retrieve certificate private key and encrypted password logged as system log.
Weakness: CWE-532
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-40585?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fortinet Fortianalyzer, Fortinet Fortimanager.
How do I fix CVE-2024-40585?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-40585 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-40585 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-40585 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Fortianalyzer
- CVE-2026-24858 Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
- CVE-2023-25610 Memory corruption in FortiAnalyzer
- CVE-2021-32603 Server-side request forgery in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager
- CVE-2020-12817 Cross-site scripting in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer
- CVE-2024-48886 Auth bypass in FortiOS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wjm4-q3m2-wf4h.