CVE-2024-46666 Denial of service in FortiOS

Medium 4.8 Published Updated

Remote unauthenticated attackers can cause denial of service to the FortiOS GUI via crafted requests, requiring administrators to apply vendor patches.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-46666?

CVE-2024-46666 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, 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 allocation of resources without limits or throttling [CWE-770] vulnerability in FortiOS versions 7.6.0, versions 7.4.4 through 7.4.0, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to prevent access to the GUI via specially crafted requests directed at specific endpoints.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46666?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortios.

How do I fix CVE-2024-46666?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-46666 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2024-46666 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46666 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fortinet Fortios vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-53h9-qp9v-954c.

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