CVE-2021-41021

MediumCVSS 6.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiNAC versions 8.8.8 and below and 9.1.2 and below may allow an admin user to escalate the privileges to root via the sudo command.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.7/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 8, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-41021: Medium severity, CVSS 6.7 | Vulnix