CVE-2024-46667 Denial of service in FortiSIEM

Medium 6.9 Published Updated

An attacker can deny valid TLS traffic by consuming all allotted connections in Fortinet FortiSIEM, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

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-2024-46667?

CVE-2024-46667 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSIEM, published on 14 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Fortinet FortiSIEM 5.3 all versions, 5.4 all versions, 6.x all versions, 7.0 all versions, and 7.1.0 through 7.1.5 may allow an attacker to deny valid TLS traffic via consuming all allotted connections.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46667?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortisiem.

How do I fix CVE-2024-46667?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-46667 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-2024-46667 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46667 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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