CVE-2021-44167: Fortinet FortiClient

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An incorrect permission assignment for critical resource vulnerability [CWE-732] in FortiClient for Linux version 6.0.8 and below, 6.2.9 and below, 6.4.7 and below, 7.0.2 and below may allow an unauthenticated attacker to access sensitive information in log files and directories via symbolic links.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiClient: from 6.0.0, up to and including 6.0.8; from 6.2.0, up to and including 6.2.9; from 6.4.0, up to and including 6.4.7; from 7.0.0, up to and including 7.0.2

Published 2022-05-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.