CVE-2024-36513: Fortinet FortiClient

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A privilege context switching error vulnerability [CWE-270] in FortiClient Windows version 7.2.4 and below, version 7.0.12 and below, 6.4 all versions may allow an authenticated user to escalate their privileges via lua auto patch scripts.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiClient: from 6.4.0, up to and including 6.4.10; from 7.0.0, before 7.0.13 (fixed in 7.0.13); from 7.2.0, before 7.2.5 (fixed in 7.2.5)

Published 2024-11-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.