CVE-2024-21753: Fortinet FortiClient Endpoint Management Server

Medium severity, CVSS 6.0. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Fortinet FortiClientEMS versions 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.13, 6.4.0 through 6.4.9, 6.2.0 through 6.2.9, 6.0.0 through 6.0.8, 1.2.1 through 1.2.5 allows attacker to perform a denial of service, read or write a limited number of files via specially crafted HTTP requests

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiClient Endpoint Management Server: from 1.2.1, up to and including 1.2.5; 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 6.4.9; from 7.0.0, up to and including 7.0.13; from 7.2.0, up to and including 7.2.4

Published 2024-09-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.