# CVE-2024-46662: Command injection in FortiManager

> Attackers can escalate privileges via crafted packets due to command injection in FortiManager, requiring immediate patching.

- **Severity:** High 8.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:W/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4887-x38j-8gfg

## What is CVE-2024-46662?

CVE-2024-46662 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Fortinet Fortimanager, published on 14 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Fortinet FortiManager versions 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiManager Cloud versions 7.4.1 through 7.4.3 allows attacker to escalation of privilege via specifically crafted packets

Weakness: CWE-77 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46662?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Fortinet Fortimanager, Fortinet Fortimanager Cloud.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-46662?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-46662 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-46662 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46662 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Fortimanager

- [CVE-2024-47575](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47575/): Fortinet FortiManager Missing Authentication (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-3613](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3613/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-6695](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6695/): Security feature bypass in Fortinet FortiManager (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-17654](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17654/): Cross-site request forgery in Fortinet FortiManager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2015-3611](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3611/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-46662 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-46662 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Fortinet Fortimanager, published on 14 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46662 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortinet Fortimanager. 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-2024-46662/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46662/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46662
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46662
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-46662

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46662/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.