CVE-2021-24017

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An improper authentication in Fortinet FortiManager version 6.4.3 and below, 6.2.6 and below allows attacker to assign arbitrary Policy and Object modules via crafted requests to the request handler.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-287

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Fortinet	Fortinet FortiManager	FortiManager 6.4.3, 6.2.6

References

https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-189Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-189Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 30, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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