CVE-2024-36505: Fortinet FortiOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.5 through 7.2.7, 7.0.12 through 7.0.14 and 6.4.x may allow an attacker who has already successfully obtained write access to the underlying system (via another hypothetical exploit) to bypass the file integrity checking system.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiOS: from 6.4.13, up to and including 6.4.15; from 7.0.12, before 7.0.15 (fixed in 7.0.15); from 7.2.5, before 7.2.8 (fixed in 7.2.8); from 7.4.0, before 7.4.4 (fixed in 7.4.4)

Published 2024-08-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.